prophylaktisch
German, adjective[pʁofyˈlaktɪʃ]
prophylaktisch is spelled P-R-O-P-H-Y-L-A-K-T-I-S-C-H (14 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 62,285th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prophylaktisch is a German adjective meaning “prophylactic, preventive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vorbeugend”.
What does prophylaktisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
prophylactic, preventive
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. vorbeugend
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 prophylaktisch
- prophylaktischer masculine nominative singular
- prophylaktische feminine nominative singular
- prophylaktisches neuter nominative singular
- prophylaktischen genitive masculine singular
- prophylaktischem dative masculine singular
- der prophylaktische definite includes-article masculine
- die prophylaktische definite feminine includes-article
- das prophylaktische definite includes-article neuter
- die prophylaktischen definite includes-article nominative
- des prophylaktischen definite genitive includes-article
- der prophylaktischen definite feminine genitive
- dem prophylaktischen dative definite includes-article
- den prophylaktischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prophylaktisch?
- [pʁofyˈlaktɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prophylaktisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prophylaktisch in German?
prophylaktisch appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).