prätentiös
German, adjective/pʁɛtɛnˈt͡si̯øːs/
prätentiös is spelled P-R-Ä-T-E-N-T-I-Ö-S (10 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 132,783rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prätentiös is a German adjective meaning “pretentious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “anspruchsvoll”.
What does prätentiös mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pretentious
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. anspruchsvoll 2. durch besondere Darstellungsmöglichkeiten (Sprache, Aussehen usw.) versuchend kultiviert zu wirken
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 prätentiös
- prätentiöser masculine nominative singular
- am prätentiösesten superlative
- prätentiöse feminine nominative singular
- prätentiöses neuter nominative singular
- prätentiösen genitive masculine singular
- prätentiösem dative masculine singular
- der prätentiöse definite includes-article masculine
- die prätentiöse definite feminine includes-article
- das prätentiöse definite includes-article neuter
- die prätentiösen definite includes-article nominative
- des prätentiösen definite genitive includes-article
- der prätentiösen definite feminine genitive
- dem prätentiösen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prätentiös?
- /pʁɛtɛnˈt͡si̯øːs/
- /pʁeː-/
- [pʁɛtɛnˈt͡si̯øːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prätentiös
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prätentiös in German?
prätentiös appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).