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prototypisch

German, adjective/pʁotoˈtypɪʃ/

prototypisch is spelled P-R-O-T-O-T-Y-P-I-S-C-H (12 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 179,801st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prototypisch is a German adjective meaning “prototypic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Prototyp betreffend”.

What does prototypisch mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    prototypic

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. den Prototyp betreffend 2. exemplarisch dem Zeitgeist entsprechend

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 prototypisch

  • prototypischer masculine nominative singular
  • am prototypischsten superlative
  • prototypische feminine nominative singular
  • prototypisches neuter nominative singular
  • prototypischen genitive masculine singular
  • prototypischem dative masculine singular
  • der prototypische definite includes-article masculine
  • die prototypische definite feminine includes-article
  • das prototypische definite includes-article neuter
  • die prototypischen definite includes-article nominative
  • des prototypischen definite genitive includes-article
  • der prototypischen definite feminine genitive
  • dem prototypischen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce prototypisch?

  • /pʁotoˈtypɪʃ/
  • [ˈpʁoːtoˌtyːpɪʃ]
  • [pʁotoˈtyːpɪʃ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is prototypisch in German?

prototypisch appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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