Prävalenz
German, noun/ˌpʁɛvaˈlɛnt͡s/
Prävalenz is spelled P-R-Ä-V-A-L-E-N-Z (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 48,028th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prävalenz is a German feminine noun meaning “prevalence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kennzahl, die angibt, welcher Anteil einer bestimmten Gruppe (Population) definierter Größe an einer…”.
What does Prävalenz mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprevalence
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Kennzahl, die angibt, welcher Anteil einer bestimmten Gruppe (Population) definierter Größe an einer bestimmten Krankheit erkrankt ist 2. Übergewicht eines behandelten Punktes (Aussage, Argument, Standpunkt und so weiter) gegenüber einem anderen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Prävalenz?
- /ˌpʁɛvaˈlɛnt͡s/
- /ˌpʁeː-/
- [pʁɛvaˈlɛnt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Prävalenz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Prävalenz in German?
Prävalenz appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).