Common German Words A to Z

German Verbage A to Z
German Words That Begin With "P"

German - English

Pächter - leaseholder
Pate - godfather
Paten - godparents
Patin - godmother
Pest - plague
Pfalz - Palatinate
Pfarramt - parish office
Pfarrbuch - parish register
Pfarrei - parish
Pfarrer - parish minister, pastor
Pfingsten - Pentecost
Pflegekind - oster child
Pflegesohn - foster son
Pflegetochter - foster daughter
Platz - place (location)
Pocken - pox, smallpox
Polen - Poland
polnisch - Polish
Posamentierer - A worker in the art of Posament. Posament is a technique where metal wires or threads are braided and knotted into ornaments and then sewn onto textiles. Braiding and knotting can be used together or separately.
preußisch - Prussia
Priester - priest
Prinz - prince
Prinzessin - princess
protestantisch - Protestant
Provinz - province
provinzial - provincial