Profiteur
German, noun/pʁofiˈtøːɐ̯/
Profiteur is spelled P-R-O-F-I-T-E-U-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 118,498th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Profiteur is a German masculine noun meaning “profiteer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der aus einer Sache oder Tätigkeit ohne größeren eigenen Aufwand materiellen Nutzen zieht”.
What does Profiteur mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculineprofiteer
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der aus einer Sache oder Tätigkeit ohne größeren eigenen Aufwand materiellen Nutzen zieht
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 Profiteur
- Profiteurs genitive
- Profiteure plural
- Profiteurin feminine
- Profiteuren dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Profiteur?
- /pʁofiˈtøːɐ̯/
- [pʁofiˈtøːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Profiteur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Profiteur in German?
Profiteur appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).