Pufferstaat
German, noun[ˈpʊfɐˌʃtaːt]
Pufferstaat is spelled P-U-F-F-E-R-S-T-A-A-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written German, the 313,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pufferstaat is a German masculine noun meaning “buffer state” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleinerer, zwischen zwei (in Rivalität befindlicher) größerer Staaten gelegener Staat, dessen Schaffung…”.
What does Pufferstaat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebuffer state
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleinerer, zwischen zwei (in Rivalität befindlicher) größerer Staaten gelegener Staat, dessen Schaffung strategischen Zwecken dient, wie Milderung von Konfliktpotenzialen und Minderung unmittelbarer, offen ausgetragener, kriegerischer Auseinandersetzungen
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 Pufferstaat
- Pufferstaates genitive
- Pufferstaats genitive
- Pufferstaaten plural
- Pufferstaate dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pufferstaat?
- [ˈpʊfɐˌʃtaːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Pufferstaat in German?
Pufferstaat appears about once in every 29 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).