Prototyp
German, noun/ˈpʁoːtoˌtyːp/
Prototyp is spelled P-R-O-T-O-T-Y-P (8 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written German, the 15,594th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prototyp is a German masculine noun meaning “prototype” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Inbegriff für etwas, typischer Vertreter einer Gruppe”.
What does Prototyp mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprototype
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Inbegriff für etwas, typischer Vertreter einer Gruppe 2. Muster, Urform von etwas 3. Vorab-Exemplar, erste Ausführung eines Produktes vor der Serienfertigung, das zur Erprobung von Eigenschaften dient
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 Prototyp
- Prototyps genitive
- Prototypen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Prototyp?
- /ˈpʁoːtoˌtyːp/
- /pʁotoˈtyːp/
- [ˈpʁoːtoˌtyːp]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Prototyp
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Prototyp in German?
Prototyp appears 3.6 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).