Primas
[ˈpʁiːmas]
The verdict
“Primas” is uncommon German (frequency #76,068 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,068
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der dem Rang nach Erste, der Vornehmste
Corpus desk
Index DE-primas · Primas · German
Primas · rank #76,068 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,068
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH prekärer
Nearest frequency peer: prekärer (-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 „Primas“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Pornokino
Pornokino
23,937 corpus weight
- prekärer
prekärer
23,934 corpus weight
- Primas
Primas
23,933 corpus weight
- Prioritäten…
Prioritätenliste
23,932 corpus weight
- Pritchard
Pritchard
23,931 corpus weight
- Privatinsol…
Privatinsolvenz
23,930 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Primas“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Primas |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpʁiːmas] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #76,068 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Primas“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Primas is uncommon German at frequency #76,068 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpʁiːmas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Primas, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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. The correct German form is Primas, spelled P-R-I-M-A-S.
Definition
- 1der dem Rang nach Erste, der Vornehmste
- 2Ehrentitel eines Erzbischofs, der mit bestimmten Hoheitsrechten ausgestattet ist, sowie der Inhaber des Titels selbst
- 3der erste Geiger in einer Zigeunerkapelle
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Primas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Den Titel eines Primas gibt die katholische Kirche in vielen Ländern dem ranghöchsten Erzbischof.“
„Schließlich beruhigte sich die Lage, und auch die Kapelle fiedelte weiter. Und ich? Aß. Der Primas spielte ein Brahms'sches Tänzchen nach dem anderen, als an der Geige einer jener Wirbel brach, die zum Saitenspannen dienen. Das Teil flog - in meine Suppe!“
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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