prägnante

[pʁɛˈɡnantə]

/[pʁɛˈɡnantə]/ adj

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The verdict

“prägnante” is uncommon German (frequency #51,612 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,612
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs prägnant

Corpus desk

Index DE-pragnante · prägnante · German

prägnante · rank #51,612 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,612
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH protests

Nearest frequency peer: protests (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „prägnante“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „prägnante“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for prägnante
PropertyValue
Headwordprägnante
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[pʁɛˈɡnantə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#51,612
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „prägnante“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).prägnantefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „protests“ (#51,611), „Puderzucker“ (#51,613), „Protestaktion“ (#51,610). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „prägnante“ bei #51,612. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

prägnante is uncommon German at frequency #51,612 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [pʁɛˈɡnantə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for prägnante, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is prägnante, spelled P-R-Ä-G-N-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs prägnant
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs prägnant
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs prägnant
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs prägnant
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs prägnant
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs prägnant
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs prägnant
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs prägnant
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs prägnant

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prägnante"?
"prägnante" is spelled P-R-Ä-G-N-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁɛˈɡnantə].
What does "prägnante" mean?
As an adjective, "prägnante" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs prägnant
How do you pronounce "prägnante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prägnante" is [pʁɛˈɡnantə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prägnante" come from?
"prägnante" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "prägnante", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rankommen#51,618Pipelines#51,598reguläres#51,627reichende#51,628

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list