preziös
German, adjective/pʁeˈt͡si̯øːs/
preziös is spelled P-R-E-Z-I-Ö-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written German, the 386,396th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Preziös is a German adjective meaning “precious; affected” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht authentisch”.
What does preziös mean in English?
adjective
- 1
precious; affected
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht authentisch
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 preziös
- preziöser masculine nominative singular
- am preziösesten superlative
- preziöse feminine nominative singular
- preziöses neuter nominative singular
- preziösen genitive masculine singular
- preziösem dative masculine singular
- der preziöse definite includes-article masculine
- die preziöse definite feminine includes-article
- das preziöse definite includes-article neuter
- die preziösen definite includes-article nominative
- des preziösen definite genitive includes-article
- der preziösen definite feminine genitive
- dem preziösen dative definite includes-article
- pretiös alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce preziös?
- /pʁeˈt͡si̯øːs/
- [pʁeˈt͡si̯øːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is preziös in German?
preziös appears about once in every 42 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).