Paragraphenreiter
German, noun
Paragraphenreiter is spelled P-A-R-A-G-R-A-P-H-E-N-R-E-I-T-E-R (17 letters) and appears about once in every 79 million words in written German, the 557,474th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paragraphenreiter is a German masculine noun meaning “legalist, pedant, bureaucrat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Paragraphenreiter mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculinelegalist, pedant, bureaucrat
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Paragraphenreiter
- Paragraphenreiters genitive
- Paragraphenreitern dative definite plural
- Paragrafenreiter alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Paragraphenreiter?
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Paragraphenreiter in German?
Paragraphenreiter appears about once in every 79 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).