princip
[ˈprɪnt͡sɪp]
The verdict
“princip” is uncommon German (frequency #74,972 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,972
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - feste Grundregel; Prinzip, Grundsatz
Corpus desk
Index DE-princip · princip · German
princip · rank #74,972 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,972
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Profiler
Nearest frequency peer: Profiler (+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 „princip“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Ponton
Ponton
25,034 corpus weight
- postfaktisch
postfaktisch
25,033 corpus weight
- praise
praise
25,032 corpus weight
- princip
princip
25,029 corpus weight
- Profiler
Profiler
25,028 corpus weight
- prämierte
prämierte
25,026 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „princip“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | princip |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈprɪnt͡sɪp] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,972 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „princip“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
princip is uncommon German at frequency #74,972 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈprɪnt͡sɪp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "feste Grundregel; Prinzip, Grundsatz".
No generated misspelling entries exist for princip in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 princip, spelled P-R-I-N-C-I-P.
Definition
- 1feste Grundregel; Prinzip, Grundsatz
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how princip appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Část lidí obvykle odmítá jakoukoliv změnu z principu a snaží se udržet status quo.
Synonyms
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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