Profiteur
[pʁofiˈtøːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Profiteur” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der aus einer Sache oder Tätigkeit ohne größeren eigenen Aufwand materiellen Nutzen zieht
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Index DE-profiteur · Profiteur · German
Profiteur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Profiteur |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁofiˈtøːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Profiteur“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Profiteur is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pʁofiˈtøːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der aus einer Sache oder Tätigkeit ohne größeren eigenen Aufwand materiellen Nutzen zieht".
Zero misspellings are on record for Profiteur in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Profiteur, spelled P-R-O-F-I-T-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der aus einer Sache oder Tätigkeit ohne größeren eigenen Aufwand materiellen Nutzen zieht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Profiteur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Größter Profiteur der neuen EU-Regelung ist Kanada, wo die größten Mengen an Teersand vorkommen.
Das Münchner Ifo Institut sieht die deutsche Bauwirtschaft als einen der Profiteure der andauernden Euro-Schuldenkrise.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.