Provokateur
German, noun/pʁovokaˈtøːʁ/
Provokateur is spelled P-R-O-V-O-K-A-T-E-U-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 88,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Provokateur is a German masculine noun meaning “provocateur, agitator” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der durch sein Verhalten andere herausfordert; der absichtlich für Unfrieden sorgt”.
What does Provokateur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprovocateur, agitator
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der durch sein Verhalten andere herausfordert; der absichtlich für Unfrieden sorgt
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 Provokateur
- Provokateurs genitive
- Provokateure plural
- Provokateurin feminine
- Provokateuren dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Provokateur?
- /pʁovokaˈtøːʁ/
- [pʁovokʰaˈtʰøːɐ̯]
- [pʁovokaˈtøːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Provokateur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Provokateur in German?
Provokateur appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).