Primadonna
German, noun/ˌpʁiːmaˈdɔna/
Primadonna is spelled P-R-I-M-A-D-O-N-N-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 96,776th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Primadonna is a German feminine noun meaning “prima donna” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “weibliche Person, die die weibliche Hauptrolle (einer Oper) singt”.
What does Primadonna mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprima donna
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. weibliche Person, die die weibliche Hauptrolle (einer Oper) singt 2. verwöhnte und empfindliche Person, die sich für etwas Besonderes hält und eine entsprechende Behandlung einfordert
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 Primadonna
- Primadonnen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Primadonna?
- /ˌpʁiːmaˈdɔna/
- [pʁimaˈdɔna]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Primadonna in German?
Primadonna appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).