proprietär
German, adjective/pʁopʁieˈtɛːɐ̯/
proprietär is spelled P-R-O-P-R-I-E-T-Ä-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 182,294th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Proprietär is a German adjective meaning “proprietary, copyrighted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in jemandes Besitz, jemandem zugehörig”.
What does proprietär mean in English?
adjective
- 1
proprietary, copyrighted
- 2
proprietary
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in jemandes Besitz, jemandem zugehörig 2. nicht offen, nicht den allgemein anerkannten Standards entsprechend, sondern eine „hauseigene“ Entwicklung darstellend 3. urheberrechtlich geschützt
noun: 1. Eigentümer; Person, die die rechtliche Herrschaft über eine Sache hat 2. herstellerspezifisches Produkt, das (ohne anderslautende Erlaubnis) nur in einer herstellerspezifischen Produktserie verwendet werden darf
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 proprietär
- proprietärer masculine nominative singular
- am proprietärsten superlative
- proprietäre feminine nominative singular
- proprietäres neuter nominative singular
- proprietären genitive masculine singular
- proprietärem dative masculine singular
- der proprietäre definite includes-article masculine
- die proprietäre definite feminine includes-article
- das proprietäre definite includes-article neuter
- die proprietären definite includes-article nominative
- des proprietären definite genitive includes-article
- der proprietären definite feminine genitive
- dem proprietären dative definite includes-article
- Proprietärin feminine
- Proprietäre nominative plural
- Proprietärs genitive singular
- Proprietären dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce proprietär?
- /pʁopʁieˈtɛːɐ̯/
- [pʁopʁieˈtɛːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to proprietär
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is proprietär in German?
proprietär appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).