Prä
German, noun/prɛ(ː)/
Prä is spelled P-R-Ä (3 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written German, the 29,978th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prä is a German neuter noun meaning “priority, advantage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Prä mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterpriority, advantage
prefix
- 1
pre-, fore-
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
prefix: 1. vor, voran, voraus, vorher, vorne, vorzeitig
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 Prä
- Präs genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Prä?
- /prɛ(ː)/
- [pʁɛː]
- [pʁeː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Prä
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Prä in German?
Prä appears 1.5 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).