prim
[pʁiːm]
The verdict
“prim” is uncommon German (frequency #59,974 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,974
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von Zahlen, genau zwei ganzzahlige Teiler besitzend (diese sind dann 1 und die Zahl selbst); eine Primzahl seiend
Corpus desk
Index DE-prim · prim · German
prim · rank #59,974 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,974
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Praxistest
Nearest frequency peer: Praxistest (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „prim“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Popstars
Popstars
40,030 corpus weight
- Prado
Prado
40,029 corpus weight
- Praxistest
Praxistest
40,028 corpus weight
- prim
prim
40,027 corpus weight
- prominentes
prominentes
40,026 corpus weight
- props
props
40,025 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „prim“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prim |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [pʁiːm] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #59,974 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „prim“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
prim is uncommon German at frequency #59,974 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [pʁiːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von Zahlen, genau zwei ganzzahlige Teiler besitzend (diese sind dann 1 und die Zahl selbst); eine Primzahl seiend".
Zero misspellings are on record for prim in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is prim, spelled P-R-I-M.
Definition
- 1von Zahlen, genau zwei ganzzahlige Teiler besitzend (diese sind dann 1 und die Zahl selbst); eine Primzahl seiend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how prim appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die 17 ist prim.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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