Pump
German, noun[pʊmp]
Pump is spelled P-U-M-P (4 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 24,663rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pump is a German masculine noun meaning “credit, a state of operation functioning only by borrowing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vorgang des Borgens”.
What does Pump mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinecredit, a state of operation functioning only by borrowing
- 2
colloquialmasculinepump
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vorgang des Borgens
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 Pump
- Pumps genitive
- Pumpes genitive singular
- Pumpe dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pump?
- [pʊmp]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Pump in German?
Pump appears 1.9 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).