Prophylaxe
German, noun[pʁofyˈlaksə]
Prophylaxe is spelled P-R-O-P-H-Y-L-A-X-E (10 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 30,497th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prophylaxe is a German feminine noun meaning “prophylaxis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Maßnahmen zur vorbeugenden Verhinderung (insbesondere von Krankheiten)”.
What does Prophylaxe mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprophylaxis
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Maßnahmen zur vorbeugenden Verhinderung (insbesondere von Krankheiten)
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 Prophylaxe
- Prophylaxen plural
- Prophylaxis variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Prophylaxe?
- [pʁofyˈlaksə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Prophylaxe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Prophylaxe in German?
Prophylaxe appears 1.4 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).