punzen
German, verb[ˈpʊnt͡sn̩]
punzen is spelled P-U-N-Z-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written German, the 293,729th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Punzen is a German verb meaning “to hallmark” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Metall (auch Leder) mittels eines Stempels (Punze) mit Mustern verzieren”.
What does punzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hallmark
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Metall (auch Leder) mittels eines Stempels (Punze) mit Mustern verzieren 2. in ein Edelmetall einen Stempel einbringen, der Informationen wie zum Beispiel Angaben zu Karat oder Hersteller enthält
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 punzen
- punzt present singular third-person
- punzte past
- gepunzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- punzend participle present
- punze first-person indicative present
- punzest second-person singular subjunctive
- punzet plural second-person subjunctive
- punzten first-person indicative plural
- punztest indicative preterite second-person
- punztet indicative plural preterite
- punz imperative second-person singular
- habe gepunzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gepunzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- punz! imperative singular
- punze! imperative singular
- punzt! imperative plural
- gepunzt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce punzen?
- [ˈpʊnt͡sn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is punzen in German?
punzen appears about once in every 26 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).