Porträt
German, noun/pɔrˈtrɛː/
Porträt is spelled P-O-R-T-R-Ä-T (7 letters) and appears 7.9 times per million words in written German, the 8,529th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Porträt is a German neuter noun meaning “portrait” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Darstellung einer Person, meist in Form eines Gemäldes”.
What does Porträt mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterportrait
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Darstellung einer Person, meist in Form eines Gemäldes 2. eine schriftliche Beschreibung einer Person beziehungsweise eines Gegenstandes
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 Porträt
- Porträts genitive
- Porträtes archaic genitive
- Porträte archaic plural
- Porträtchen diminutive neuter
- Porträten archaic dative definite
- Portrait alternative rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Porträt?
- /pɔrˈtrɛː/
- [pɔʁˈtʁɛː]
- [pɔ(ɐ̯)-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Porträt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Porträt in German?
Porträt appears 7.9 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).