Tupfer
German, noun/ˈtʊpfər/
Tupfer is spelled T-U-P-F-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 88,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tupfer is a German masculine noun meaning “swab, pad, pledget, tampon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Bällchen aus saugfähigem Material zur Aufnahme von (Körper-)Flüssigkeiten”.
What does Tupfer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineswab, pad, pledget, tampon
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bällchen aus saugfähigem Material zur Aufnahme von (Körper-)Flüssigkeiten 2. kleine Anbringung von Farbe
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 Tupfer
- Tupfers genitive
- Tupfern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tupfer?
- /ˈtʊpfər/
- [ˈtʊp͡fɐ]
- [ˈtʊp͡ɸɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Tupfer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Tupfer in German?
Tupfer appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).