prahlen
German, verb/ˈpʁaːlən/
prahlen is spelled P-R-A-H-L-E-N (7 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 38,647th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prahlen is a German verb meaning “to brag, to boast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich übertrieben oder unangemessen loben”.
What does prahlen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to brag, to boast
Er prahlt mit seinem neuen Auto.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich übertrieben oder unangemessen loben
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 prahlen
- prahlt present singular third-person
- prahlte past
- geprahlt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- prahlend participle present
- prahle first-person indicative present
- prahlst indicative present second-person
- prahlest second-person singular subjunctive
- prahlet plural second-person subjunctive
- prahlten first-person indicative plural
- prahltest indicative preterite second-person
- prahltet indicative plural preterite
- prahl imperative second-person singular
- habe geprahlt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geprahlt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- prahl! imperative singular
- prahle! imperative singular
- prahlt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prahlen?
- /ˈpʁaːlən/
- [ˈpʁaːln]
- [ˈpʁaːlən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prahlen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prahlen in German?
prahlen appears 1.0 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).