protzig
German, adjective/ˈpʁɔt͡sɪç/
protzig is spelled P-R-O-T-Z-I-G (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 127,251st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Protzig is a German adjective meaning “pompous, pretentious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Reichtum / Besitz zum Zweck des Angebens oder als Statussymbol zeigend”.
What does protzig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pompous, pretentious
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Reichtum / Besitz zum Zweck des Angebens oder als Statussymbol zeigend
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 protzig
- protziger masculine nominative singular
- am protzigsten superlative
- protzige feminine nominative singular
- protziges neuter nominative singular
- protzigen genitive masculine singular
- protzigem dative masculine singular
- der protzige definite includes-article masculine
- die protzige definite feminine includes-article
- das protzige definite includes-article neuter
- die protzigen definite includes-article nominative
- des protzigen definite genitive includes-article
- der protzigen definite feminine genitive
- dem protzigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce protzig?
- /ˈpʁɔt͡sɪç/
- /ˈpʁɔt͡sɪk/
- [ˈpʁɔt͡sɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to protzig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is protzig in German?
protzig appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).