Proll

[pʁɔl]

/[pʁɔl]/ noun

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

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Proll“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Proll
PropertyValue
HeadwordProll
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pʁɔl]
Letters5
Frequency rank#86,933
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Proll“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Prollfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „propagandistischen“ (#86,934), „Proprietären“ (#86,935), „profan“ (#86,930). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Proll“ bei #86,933. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    ordinärer Mensch ohne Bildung und ohne Manieren

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Proll appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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.
  2. Hier zeigt sich: Der Proll muss das Herz gar nicht mehr auf dem rechten Fleck haben.

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Antonyms

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Proll"?
"Proll" is spelled P-R-O-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁɔl].
What does "Proll" mean?
As a noun, "Proll" means: ordinärer Mensch ohne Bildung und ohne Manieren
How do you pronounce "Proll"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Proll" is [pʁɔl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Proll" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Proll", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list