Prahlerei
German, noun/pʁaːləˈʁaɪ̯/
Prahlerei is spelled P-R-A-H-L-E-R-E-I (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 94,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prahlerei is a German feminine noun meaning “bragging” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “übertriebene Betonung/Hervorhebung von etwas, mit dem sich der Sprecher selbst lobt”.
What does Prahlerei mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebragging
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. übertriebene Betonung/Hervorhebung von etwas, mit dem sich der Sprecher selbst lobt
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 Prahlerei
- Prahlereien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Prahlerei?
- /pʁaːləˈʁaɪ̯/
- [pʁaːləˈʁaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Prahlerei
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Prahlerei in German?
Prahlerei appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).