Probe
German, noun
Probe is spelled P-R-O-B-E (5 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,161st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Probe is a German feminine noun meaning “trial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, probe is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Einstudieren bei aufführenden Künsten”.
What does Probe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetrial
- 2
femininetest
- 3
femininerehearsal
- 4
femininesample
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Einstudieren bei aufführenden Künsten 2. die Untersuchung auf bestimmte Eigenschaften oder deren Prüfung 3. ein (kleiner) Teil von etwas, aus dem man die Eigenschaften des Ganzen ermitteln kann 4. Verfahren zur Ermittlung von Satzteilen/Satzgliedern
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 Probe
- Proben plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Probe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Probe in German?
Probe appears 14 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).