Prinzipienreiter
[pʁɪnˈt͡siːpi̯ənˌʁaɪ̯tɐ]
The verdict
“Prinzipienreiter” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf kleinliche Art und Weise an Prinzipien festhaltende, auf ihnen herumreitende Person
Corpus desk
Index DE-prinzipienreiter · Prinzipienreiter · German
Prinzipienreiter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Prinzipienreiter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁɪnˈt͡siːpi̯ənˌʁaɪ̯tɐ] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Prinzipienreiter“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Prinzipienreiter is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pʁɪnˈt͡siːpi̯ənˌʁaɪ̯tɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf kleinliche Art und Weise an Prinzipien festhaltende, auf ihnen herumreitende Person".
Prinzipienreiter has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Prinzipienreiter, spelled P-R-I-N-Z-I-P-I-E-N-R-E-I-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1auf kleinliche Art und Weise an Prinzipien festhaltende, auf ihnen herumreitende Person
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Prinzipienreiter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Verwoerd war ein politischer Fanatiker, ein Prinzipienreiter und Rechthaber, er war autoritär und zeigte insbesondere als Premierminister diktatorische Züge.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.