Präputium
[pʁɛˈpuːt͡si̯ʊm]
The verdict
“Präputium” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vorhaut des männlichen beziehungsweise weiblichen Geschlechtsorgans
Corpus desk
Index DE-praputium · Präputium · German
Präputium · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Präputium |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁɛˈpuːt͡si̯ʊm] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Präputium“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Präputium is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pʁɛˈpuːt͡si̯ʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vorhaut des männlichen beziehungsweise weiblichen Geschlechtsorgans".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Präputium, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Präputium, spelled P-R-Ä-P-U-T-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1Vorhaut des männlichen beziehungsweise weiblichen Geschlechtsorgans
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Präputium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei der Phimose handelt es sich um eine Verengung des Präputiums, die ein Zurückstreifen über die Eichel verhindert.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.