privat
German, adjective/pʁiˈvaːt/
privat is spelled P-R-I-V-A-T (6 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written German, the 2,344th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Privat is a German adjective meaning “private” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine einzelne Person betreffend, im Gegensatz zu allgemeinen Bereichen der Gesellschaft (wie Unternehmen…”.
What does privat mean in English?
adjective
- 1
private
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. eine einzelne Person betreffend, im Gegensatz zu allgemeinen Bereichen der Gesellschaft (wie Unternehmen, Parteien oder Staaten) 2. familiär, intern und nicht öffentlich
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 privat
- privater masculine nominative singular
- am privatesten superlative
- private feminine nominative singular
- privates neuter nominative singular
- privaten genitive masculine singular
- privatem dative masculine singular
- der private definite includes-article masculine
- die private definite feminine includes-article
- das private definite includes-article neuter
- die privaten definite includes-article nominative
- des privaten definite genitive includes-article
- der privaten definite feminine genitive
- dem privaten dative definite includes-article
- pr. abbreviation
- priv abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce privat?
- /pʁiˈvaːt/
- [pʁiˈvaːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to privat
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is privat in German?
privat appears 35 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).