Prätendent
German, noun/prɛtɛnˈdɛnt/
Prätendent is spelled P-R-Ä-T-E-N-D-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 228,970th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prätendent is a German masculine noun meaning “pretender (aspirant, claimant, especially to a throne)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Anwärter auf ein Amt; jemand, der Anspruch auf ein Amt erhebt”.
What does Prätendent mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepretender (aspirant, claimant, especially to a throne)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Anwärter auf ein Amt; jemand, der Anspruch auf ein Amt erhebt
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 Prätendent
- Prätendenten genitive
- Prätendentin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Prätendent?
- /prɛtɛnˈdɛnt/
- [pʁɛ(ː).tɛnˈdɛnt]
- [pʁe(ː)-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Prätendent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Prätendent in German?
Prätendent appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).