Pranger
German, noun/ˈpraŋər/
Pranger is spelled P-R-A-N-G-E-R (7 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written German, the 23,884th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pranger is a German masculine noun meaning “pillory; any construction to hold someone for public humiliation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Holzwand mit Aussparungen für Kopf und Hände oder eine ähnlich geartete, oft nur pfahlartig als Schandsäule…”.
What does Pranger mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepillory; any construction to hold someone for public humiliation
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Holzwand mit Aussparungen für Kopf und Hände oder eine ähnlich geartete, oft nur pfahlartig als Schandsäule mit Halseisen ausgeführte Bestrafungsvorrichtung, an die eine wegen kleinerer Vergehen bestrafte Person gebunden und damit öffentlich zur Schau gestellt wurde
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 Pranger
- Prangers genitive
- Prangern dative definite plural
- Brangel alternative obsolete
- Branger alternative obsolete
- Pfrange alternative obsolete
- Pfranger alternative obsolete
- Pfrenger alternative obsolete
- Prange alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pranger?
- /ˈpraŋər/
- [ˈpʁa.ŋɐ]
- [ˈpʁaŋɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Pranger
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pranger in German?
Pranger appears 2.0 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).