Proll
[pʁɔl]
The verdict
“Proll” is uncommon German (frequency #86,933 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,933
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ordinärer Mensch ohne Bildung und ohne Manieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-proll · Proll · German
Proll · rank #86,933 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,933
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH propagandisti…
Nearest frequency peer: propagandistischen (+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 „Proll“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- profan
profan
13,071 corpus weight
- Proll
Proll
13,068 corpus weight
- propagandis…
propagandistischen
13,067 corpus weight
- Proprietären
Proprietären
13,066 corpus weight
- providers
providers
13,065 corpus weight
- provozieren…
provozierende
13,064 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Proll“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Proll |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁɔl] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #86,933 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Proll“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Proll is uncommon German at frequency #86,933 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pʁɔl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ordinärer Mensch ohne Bildung und ohne Manieren".
No misspelling variants are generated for Proll in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Proll, spelled P-R-O-L-L.
Definition
- 1ordinärer Mensch ohne Bildung und ohne Manieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Proll appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Proll der Achtziger war immer auch ein Revolutionär, er brüllte - wie Kommissar Schimanski - so oft "Scheiße" in einem Tatort, bis der Rundfunkrat sich mit der Angelegenheit zu beschäftigen hatte.
Hier zeigt sich: Der Proll muss das Herz gar nicht mehr auf dem rechten Fleck haben.
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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.
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