Prolog
German, noun[pʁoˈloːk]
Prolog is spelled P-R-O-L-O-G (6 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 25,090th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prolog is a German masculine noun meaning “prologue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Einführung zu einem Drama, zu einer Aufführung eines Dramas”.
What does Prolog mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprologue
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Einführung zu einem Drama, zu einer Aufführung eines Dramas 2. Vorrede, Einführung zu einem folgenden Text 3. eine logische Programmiersprache 4. ein slawisches Heiligenverzeichnis
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 Prolog
- Prologes genitive
- Prologs genitive
- Prologe plural
- Prologen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Prolog?
- [pʁoˈloːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Prolog
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Prolog in German?
Prolog appears 1.9 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).