Professur
German, noun/pʁofɛˈsuːɐ̯/
Professur is spelled P-R-O-F-E-S-S-U-R (9 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 18,843rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Professur is a German feminine noun meaning “professorship, chair” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Amt, Titel eines Professors”.
What does Professur mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprofessorship, chair
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Amt, Titel eines Professors
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 Professur
- Professuren plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Professur?
- /pʁofɛˈsuːɐ̯/
- [pʁofɛˈsuːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Professur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Professur in German?
Professur appears 2.8 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).