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Proposition

German, noun[pʁopoziˈt͡si̯oːn]

Proposition is spelled P-R-O-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 88,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Proposition is a German feminine noun meaning “proposition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vorschlag, Unterbreitung einer Idee oder eines Plans”.

What does Proposition mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineproposition

  2. 2

    feminineproposition

  3. 3

    feminineproposition

  4. 4

    datedfeminineproposal

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Vorschlag, Unterbreitung einer Idee oder eines Plans 2. Aussage 3. die einer einfachen Aussage zugrundeliegende Bedeutung 4. Darstellung des Hauptgedankens im einleitenden Teil

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 Proposition

  • Propositionen plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Proposition?

  • [pʁopoziˈt͡si̯oːn]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Proposition

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Proposition in German?

Proposition appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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