Pritsche
[ˈpʁɪt͡ʃə]
The verdict
“Pritsche” is an uncommon German word, ranked #54,808 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #54,808
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - einfache Liegestatt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pritsche |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpʁɪt͡ʃə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,808 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pritsche” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Pritsche is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpʁɪt͡ʃə]. Corpus data places it at rank #54,808 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Pritsche, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Pritsche, spelled P-R-I-T-S-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1einfache Liegestatt
- 2offene Ladefläche eines Fahrzeugs
- 3Schlaggerät, das von Narren im Karneval beziehungsweise vom Kasper/Kasperl (Hanswurst) im Puppenspiel/Kaspertheater benutzt wird; scherzhafte Imitation des Zepter des Kölner Karnevalsprinzen
- 4(junge) Frau, mit zweifelhaftem Ruf, Dirne
- 5junges Mädchen
- 6altes Werkzeug zum Glätten zum Beispiel von Lehmböden oder von Eisen- und Kupferplatten
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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Using “Pritsche”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-R-I-T-S-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpʁɪt͡ʃə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.