Protestant
German, noun[pʁotɛsˈtant]
Protestant is spelled P-R-O-T-E-S-T-A-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 49,558th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Protestant is a German masculine noun meaning “Protestant (person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Angehöriger einer christlichen Konfession, die durch die Reformation entstanden ist”.
What does Protestant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineProtestant (person)
- 2
masculineprotester
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Angehöriger einer christlichen Konfession, die durch die Reformation entstanden ist 2. Person, die gegen etwas protestiert
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 Protestant
- Protestanten genitive
- Protestantin feminine
- Evangelin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Protestant?
- [pʁotɛsˈtant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Protestant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Protestant in German?
Protestant appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).