profanen

[pʁoˈfaːnən]

/[pʁoˈfaːnən]/ adj

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The verdict

“profanen” is uncommon German (frequency #62,753 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,753
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profan

Corpus desk

Index DE-profanen · profanen · German

profanen · rank #62,753 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,753
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Privatklinik

Nearest frequency peer: Privatklinik (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „profanen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „profanen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for profanen
PropertyValue
Headwordprofanen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[pʁoˈfaːnən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#62,753
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „profanen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.profanenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Privatklinik“ (#62,752), „prophylaktisch“ (#62,755), „prequel“ (#62,750). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „profanen“ bei #62,753. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

profanen is uncommon German at frequency #62,753 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [pʁoˈfaːnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for profanen in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is profanen, spelled P-R-O-F-A-N-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profan
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profan
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profan
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profan
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profan
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profan
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profan
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profan
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profan
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profan
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profan
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profan

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "profanen"?
"profanen" is spelled P-R-O-F-A-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁoˈfaːnən].
What does "profanen" mean?
As an adjective, "profanen" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs profan
How do you pronounce "profanen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "profanen" is [pʁoˈfaːnən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "profanen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list