Präbende
[pʁɛˈbɛndə]
The verdict
“Präbende” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kirchliche Pfründe
Corpus desk
Index DE-prabende · Präbende · German
Präbende · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Präbende |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁɛˈbɛndə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Präbende“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Präbende is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pʁɛˈbɛndə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kirchliche Pfründe".
Zero misspellings are on record for Präbende in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Präbende, spelled P-R-Ä-B-E-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1kirchliche Pfründe
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Präbende appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Hier besaß er eine Präbende, die er gegen zwei Altarpfründen in Göttingen getauscht hatte.“
„Deshalb versuchte man durch Einziehung einer Präbende zur Kirchenerhaltung die ärgsten Schäden zu beheben.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.