prassen
German, verb[ˈpʁasən]
prassen is spelled P-R-A-S-S-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 216,904th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prassen is a German verb meaning “to splurge, to live extravagantly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “viel Geld für das leibliche Wohl aufwenden, im Überfluss leben, verschwenderisch genießen”.
What does prassen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to splurge, to live extravagantly
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. viel Geld für das leibliche Wohl aufwenden, im Überfluss leben, verschwenderisch genießen
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 prassen
- prasst present singular third-person
- prasste past
- geprasst participle past
- haben auxiliary
- prassend participle present
- prasse first-person indicative present
- prassest second-person singular subjunctive
- prasset plural second-person subjunctive
- prassten first-person indicative plural
- prasstest indicative preterite second-person
- prasstet indicative plural preterite
- prass imperative second-person singular
- habe geprasst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geprasst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- prass! imperative singular
- prasse! imperative singular
- prasst! imperative plural
- geprasst haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prassen?
- [ˈpʁasən]
- [ˈpʁasn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prassen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prassen in German?
prassen appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).