Prävention
German, noun/pʁɛvɛnˈt͡si̯oːn/
Prävention is spelled P-R-Ä-V-E-N-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written German, the 10,637th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prävention is a German feminine noun meaning “prevention (the act of preventing or hindering)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Maßnahme zur Abwendung von etwas Bevorstehendem”.
What does Prävention mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprevention (the act of preventing or hindering)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Maßnahme zur Abwendung von etwas Bevorstehendem
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 Prävention
- Präventionen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Prävention?
- /pʁɛvɛnˈt͡si̯oːn/
- /pʁeː-/
- [pʁɛvɛnˈt͡si̯oːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Prävention
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Prävention in German?
Prävention appears 6.0 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).