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Prahm

German, noun[pʁaːm]

Prahm is spelled P-R-A-H-M (5 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written German, the 267,890th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prahm is a German masculine noun meaning “a large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends; scow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “flaches pontonartiges Arbeitsboot zum Transport von Schüttgut oder sperrigen Lasten ohne Eigenantrieb”.

What does Prahm mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinea large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends; scow

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. flaches pontonartiges Arbeitsboot zum Transport von Schüttgut oder sperrigen Lasten ohne Eigenantrieb

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 Prahm

  • Prahmes genitive
  • Prahms genitive
  • Prahme plural
  • Prähme plural
  • Prahmen dative plural
  • Prähmen dative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Prahm?

  • [pʁaːm]
  • [praːm]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Prahm

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Prahm in German?

Prahm appears about once in every 22 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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