Prinzipienreiter
German, noun/pʁɪnˈtsiːpi̯ənˌʁaɪ̯tɐ/
Prinzipienreiter is spelled P-R-I-N-Z-I-P-I-E-N-R-E-I-T-E-R (16 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written German, the 376,420th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prinzipienreiter is a German masculine noun meaning “stickler for principles; pedant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf kleinliche Art und Weise an Prinzipien festhaltende, auf ihnen herumreitende Person”.
What does Prinzipienreiter mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialderogatorymasculinestickler for principles; pedant
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. auf kleinliche Art und Weise an Prinzipien festhaltende, auf ihnen herumreitende Person
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 Prinzipienreiter
- Prinzipienreiters genitive
- Prinzipienreitern dative definite plural
- Prinzipienreiterin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Prinzipienreiter?
- /pʁɪnˈtsiːpi̯ənˌʁaɪ̯tɐ/
- [pʁɪnˈt͡siːpi̯ənˌʁaɪ̯tɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Prinzipienreiter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Prinzipienreiter in German?
Prinzipienreiter appears about once in every 40 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).