Protektorat
German, noun/pʁotɛktoˈʁaːt/
Protektorat is spelled P-R-O-T-E-K-T-O-R-A-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 58,632nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Protektorat is a German neuter noun meaning “protectorate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schirmherrschaft über etwas”.
What does Protektorat mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterprotectorate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Schirmherrschaft über etwas 2. Herrschaft eines Staates über einen anderen, daher nur beschränkt souveränen Staat 3. von einem fremden Staat beherrschter Staat
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 Protektorat
- Protektorates genitive
- Protektorats genitive
- Protektorate plural
- Protektoraten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Protektorat?
- /pʁotɛktoˈʁaːt/
- [pʁotɛktoˈʁaːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Protektorat
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Protektorat in German?
Protektorat 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).