Punk
German, noun/paŋk/
Punk is spelled P-U-N-K (4 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written German, the 8,191st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Punk is a German masculine noun meaning “punk (social movement)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Subkultur/Protestbewegung, die sich durch bewusst auffällige Aufmachung und rebellisches Verhalten bemerkbar…”.
What does Punk mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepunk (social movement)
- 2
masculinepunk (member of the punk movement)
- 3
masculinepunk; punk rock
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Subkultur/Protestbewegung, die sich durch bewusst auffällige Aufmachung und rebellisches Verhalten bemerkbar macht 2. jemand, der [1] angehört 3. Punkrock, eine in den 1970er-Jahren entstandene Musikrichtung aus dem Bereich der Rockmusik
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 Punk
- Punks genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Punk?
- /paŋk/
- [paŋk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Punk
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Punk in German?
Punk appears 8.3 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).