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Profil

German, noun/pʁoˈfiːl/

Profil is spelled P-R-O-F-I-L (6 letters) and appears 31 times per million words in written German, the 2,653rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Profil is a German neuter noun meaning “profile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Seitenansicht einer Gestalt”.

What does Profil mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neuterprofile

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Seitenansicht einer Gestalt 2. Längsschnitt, Querschnitt oder Umriss 3. charakteristisches Erscheinungsbild 4. Gesamtheit ausgeprägter Eigenschaften

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 Profil

  • Profiles genitive
  • Profils genitive
  • Profile plural
  • Profilen dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Profil?

  • /pʁoˈfiːl/
  • [pʁoˈfiːl]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Profil

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Profil in German?

Profil appears 31 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).

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