Prothese
German, noun/pʁoˈteːzə/
Prothese is spelled P-R-O-T-H-E-S-E (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 35,692nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prothese is a German feminine noun meaning “prosthesis (artificial replacement for a body part)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “künstlich hergestelltes Ersatzobjekt für fehlende Körperteile oder Organe”.
What does Prothese mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprosthesis (artificial replacement for a body part)
- 2
feminineprothesis, prosthesis (addition of a letter in the beginning of a word)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. künstlich hergestelltes Ersatzobjekt für fehlende Körperteile oder Organe 2. herausnehmbarer Zahnersatz 3. Vorschaltung eines Lautes am Wortanfang, die etymologisch nicht korrekt ist
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 Prothese
- Prothesen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Prothese?
- /pʁoˈteːzə/
- [pʁoˈteːzə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Prothese
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Prothese in German?
Prothese appears 1.1 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).