Prof
German, noun
Prof is spelled P-R-O-F (4 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written German, the 2,396th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prof is a German masculine noun meaning “clipping of Professor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Prof. is a different word: “abbreviation of Professor”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “kurz für Professor”.
What does Prof mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculineclipping of Professor
noun
- 1
masculineabbreviation of Professor
noun
- 1
feminineabbreviation of Professorin
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Professor 2. Professorin
noun: 1. kurz für Professor
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 Prof
- Profs genitive
- Pr. alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Prof
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Prof in German?
Prof 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).