prüde

[ˈpʁyːdə]

/[ˈpʁyːdə]/ adj

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The verdict

“prüde” is uncommon German (frequency #55,631 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,631
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in Bezug auf Sexualität übertrieben sittsam, besonders schamhaft, sexuell verklemmt

Corpus desk

Index DE-prude · prüde · German

prüde · rank #55,631 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,631
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH präsenter

Nearest frequency peer: präsenter (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „prüde“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „prüde“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for prüde
PropertyValue
Headwordprüde
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈpʁyːdə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#55,631
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „prüde“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).prüdefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „präsenter“ (#55,630), „psychiatrischer“ (#55,632), „Präsente“ (#55,629). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „prüde“ bei #55,631. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

prüde is uncommon German at frequency #55,631 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈpʁyːdə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in Bezug auf Sexualität übertrieben sittsam, besonders schamhaft, sexuell verklemmt".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for prüde, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is prüde, spelled P-R-Ü-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    in Bezug auf Sexualität übertrieben sittsam, besonders schamhaft, sexuell verklemmt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how prüde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die Offenbarungen der Sexualforschung revolutionierten damals das prüde Amerika und ließen Kinsey zu einem der umstrittensten Wissenschaftler des 20. Jahrhunderts werden.“

Synonyms

schamhaftverklemmt

Antonyms

freizügigschamlos

This word in other languages

prudish(English)pudibundo(Español)prude(Français)pudico(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prüde"?
"prüde" is spelled P-R-Ü-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpʁyːdə].
What does "prüde" mean?
As an adjective, "prüde" means: in Bezug auf Sexualität übertrieben sittsam, besonders schamhaft, sexuell verklemmt
How do you pronounce "prüde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prüde" is [ˈpʁyːdə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prüde" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "prüde", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Piotr#55,611Penne#55,602Sanaa#55,674Meise#55,544

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list