prim

/[pʁiːm]/ adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#59,974

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

prim is anGermanadj. It means: von Zahlen, genau zwei ganzzahlige Teiler besitzend (diese sind dann 1 und die Zahl selbst); eine Primzahl seiend Pronounced [pʁiːm].

Key facts for prim
PropertyValue
Headwordprim
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[pʁiːm]
Letters4
Frequency rank#59,974
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of prim in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for prim is 4 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pʁiːm]. Corpus data places it at rank #59,974 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "von Zahlen, genau zwei ganzzahlige Teiler besitzend (diese sind dann 1 und die Zahl selbst); eine Primzahl seiend".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for prim in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is prim, spelled P-R-I-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    von Zahlen, genau zwei ganzzahlige Teiler besitzend (diese sind dann 1 und die Zahl selbst); eine Primzahl seiend

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #59,974 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prim"?
"prim" is spelled P-R-I-M. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁiːm].
What does "prim" mean?
As an adj, "prim" means: von Zahlen, genau zwei ganzzahlige Teiler besitzend (diese sind dann 1 und die Zahl selbst); eine Primzahl seiend
How do you pronounce "prim"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prim" is [pʁiːm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prim" come from?
"prim" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.