Prachtkerl
German, noun/ˈpʁaxtˌkɛʁl/
Prachtkerl is spelled P-R-A-C-H-T-K-E-R-L (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 182,294th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prachtkerl is a German masculine noun meaning “handsome man, hunk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “männliche Person mit allen/vielen erwünschten Eigenschaften”.
What does Prachtkerl mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehandsome man, hunk
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. männliche Person mit allen/vielen erwünschten Eigenschaften
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 Prachtkerl
- Prachtkerls genitive
- Prachtkerle plural
- Prachtkerlen dative definite plural
- Prachtweib feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Prachtkerl?
- /ˈpʁaxtˌkɛʁl/
- [ˈpʁaxtˌkɛʁl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Prachtkerl
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Prachtkerl in German?
Prachtkerl appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).