Puffer
German, noun/ˈpʊfɐ/
Puffer is spelled P-U-F-F-E-R (6 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written German, the 23,884th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Puffer is a German masculine noun meaning “cushion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Stoßdämpfer, zum Beispiel bei Schienenfahrzeugen”.
What does Puffer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecushion
- 2
masculinebuffer
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Stoßdämpfer, zum Beispiel bei Schienenfahrzeugen 2. Kartoffelpuffer, gebackener Fladen aus rohen, geriebenen Kartoffeln 3. Datenbereich zur temporären Datenspeicherung 4. Ausgleichsbatterie, Pufferbatterie
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Puffer
- Puffers genitive
- Puffern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Puffer?
- /ˈpʊfɐ/
- [ˈpʊfɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Puffer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Puffer in German?
Puffer appears 2.0 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).