Punkt
German, noun/pʊŋ(k)t/
Punkt is spelled P-U-N-K-T (5 letters) and appears 100 times per million words in written German, the 863rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Punkt is a German masculine noun meaning “dot (marking an abbreviation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas in jeder Richtung sehr Kleines, das fast keinen Platz einnimmt”.
What does Punkt mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedot (marking an abbreviation)
- 2
masculinefull stop, period (indicating end of sentence)
- 3
masculinepoint
einen Punkt haben
- 4
masculinespot
- 5
masculineitem (on a list)
- 6
masculinesharp; exactly
um Punkt 9 Uhr.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. etwas in jeder Richtung sehr Kleines, das fast keinen Platz einnimmt 2. kleine, ungefähre Kreisform: ein kleiner Fleck, Kreis, Tupfen 3. kleines Element in Schriften: Bezeichnung für diverse Zeichen und Zeichenbestandteile in verschiedenen Schriften in der Form eines kleinen, runden Zeichens 4. Satzzeichen, welches das Ende eines Aussagesatzes kennzeichnet: „.“
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 Punkt
- Punktes genitive
- Punkts genitive
- Punkte plural
- Pünktchen diminutive neuter
- Pünktlein diminutive neuter
- Punkterl diminutive neuter
- Punkten dative definite plural
- Punktum alternative
- Punct alternative obsolete
- Punctum alternative obsolete
- Pkt. abbreviation
- p abbreviation
- . symbol
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Punkt?
- /pʊŋ(k)t/
- [pʊŋkt]
- [pʊŋt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Punkt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Punkt in German?
Punkt appears 100 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).