Protagonist
German, noun/pʁotaɡoˈnɪst/
Protagonist is spelled P-R-O-T-A-G-O-N-I-S-T (11 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 25,090th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Protagonist is a German masculine noun meaning “protagonist (main character in a literary work or drama)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Hauptdarsteller (vor Deuter- und Triagonist)”.
What does Protagonist mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprotagonist (main character in a literary work or drama)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hauptdarsteller (vor Deuter- und Triagonist) 2. im heutigen Sinne: Vorkämpfer (für eine Idee, eine Bewegung) oder Hauptperson 3. Hauptperson (der hauptsächlich Handelnde) des psychodramatischen Spiels
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 Protagonist
- Protagonisten genitive
- Protagonistin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Protagonist?
- /pʁotaɡoˈnɪst/
- [pʁotaɡoˈnɪst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Protagonist
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Protagonist in German?
Protagonist 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).