prägnant
German, adjective/pʁɛˈɡnant/
prägnant is spelled P-R-Ä-G-N-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 36,256th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prägnant is a German adjective meaning “meaningful and concise; to the point; apposite; pithy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas kurz und treffend darstellend”.
What does prägnant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
meaningful and concise; to the point; apposite; pithy
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. etwas kurz und treffend darstellend
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 prägnant
- prägnanter masculine nominative singular
- am prägnantesten superlative
- prägnante feminine nominative singular
- prägnantes neuter nominative singular
- prägnanten genitive masculine singular
- prägnantem dative masculine singular
- der prägnante definite includes-article masculine
- die prägnante definite feminine includes-article
- das prägnante definite includes-article neuter
- die prägnanten definite includes-article nominative
- des prägnanten definite genitive includes-article
- der prägnanten definite feminine genitive
- dem prägnanten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prägnant?
- /pʁɛˈɡnant/
- /pʁe-/
- [pʁɛˈɡnant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prägnant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prägnant in German?
prägnant appears 1.1 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).