Protzerei
[pʁɔt͡səˈʁaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Protzerei” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - übertriebene Hervorhebung der eigenen positiven Taten
Corpus desk
Index DE-protzerei · Protzerei · German
Protzerei · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Protzerei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁɔt͡səˈʁaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Protzerei“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Protzerei is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pʁɔt͡səˈʁaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "übertriebene Hervorhebung der eigenen positiven Taten".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Protzerei, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Protzerei, spelled P-R-O-T-Z-E-R-E-I.
Definition
- 1übertriebene Hervorhebung der eigenen positiven Taten
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Protzerei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Seine Protzerei ging ihr auf die Nerven, aber sie war natürlich auch eifersüchtig auf seine Selbstsicherheit, und darauf, dass ihm offenbar auch bei der Arbeit alles so leicht fiel.“
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.