Prahlhans
German, noun[ˈpʁaːlˌhans]
Prahlhans is spelled P-R-A-H-L-H-A-N-S (9 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written German, the 278,604th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prahlhans is a German masculine noun meaning “braggart, blowhard, showoff” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der auf sein Können oder seinen Besitz öffentlich in übertriebener Weise aufmerksam macht”.
What does Prahlhans mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinebraggart, blowhard, showoff
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der auf sein Können oder seinen Besitz öffentlich in übertriebener Weise aufmerksam macht
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 Prahlhans
- Prahlhanses genitive
- Prahlhänse plural
- Prahlhanse dative singular
- Prahlhänsen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Prahlhans?
- [ˈpʁaːlˌhans]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Prahlhans
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Prahlhans in German?
Prahlhans appears about once in every 23 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).