puh
German, interjection[puː]
puh is spelled P-U-H (3 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written German, the 10,637th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Puh is a German interjection meaning “phew!” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Lautäußerung vor, während oder nach einer körperlichen oder geistigen Anstrengung oder bei dem Gedanken daran”.
What does puh mean in English?
interjection
- 1
phew!
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Lautäußerung vor, während oder nach einer körperlichen oder geistigen Anstrengung oder bei dem Gedanken daran 2. Ausruf des Missfallens oder Unbehagen
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 puh
- puh! canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce puh?
- [puː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to puh
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is puh in German?
puh appears 6.0 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).