proben
German, verb
proben is spelled P-R-O-B-E-N (6 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,262nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Proben is a German verb meaning “to rehearse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Proben is a different word: “plural of Probe”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “für eine Darbietung üben”.
What does proben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to rehearse
noun
- 1
plural of Probe
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. für eine Darbietung üben 2. etwas [Bestimmtes] für eine spätere Aufführung oder Darbietung einüben
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 proben
- probt present singular third-person
- probte past
- geprobt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- probend participle present
- probe first-person indicative present
- probst indicative present second-person
- probest second-person singular subjunctive
- probet plural second-person subjunctive
- probten first-person indicative plural
- probtest indicative preterite second-person
- probtet indicative plural preterite
- prob imperative second-person singular
- habe geprobt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geprobt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- probe! imperative singular
- prob! imperative singular
- probt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to proben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is proben in German?
proben 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).