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Pyjama

German, noun/pyˈ(d)ʒaːma/

Pyjama is spelled P-Y-J-A-M-A (6 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 34,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pyjama is a German masculine noun meaning “pyjamas; pajamas (clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zumeist aus leichtem Stoff gefertigtes sowie aus zusammengehörender Hose und Jacke bestehendes…”.

What does Pyjama mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineneuterpyjamas; pajamas (clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. zumeist aus leichtem Stoff gefertigtes sowie aus zusammengehörender Hose und Jacke bestehendes Kleidungsstück, das zum Schlafen getragen wird

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 Pyjama

  • Pyjamas genitive

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Pyjama?

  • /pyˈ(d)ʒaːma/
  • /piˈ(d)ʒaːma/
  • /ˈpiʃama/

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Pyjama

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Pyjama in German?

Pyjama appears 1.2 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).

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