prüde
German, adjective/ˈpʁyːdə/
prüde is spelled P-R-Ü-D-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 55,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prüde is a German adjective meaning “prudish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in Bezug auf Sexualität übertrieben sittsam, besonders schamhaft, sexuell verklemmt”.
What does prüde mean in English?
adjective
- 1
prudish
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in Bezug auf Sexualität übertrieben sittsam, besonders schamhaft, sexuell verklemmt
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 prüde
- prüder masculine nominative singular
- am prüdesten superlative
- prüdes neuter nominative singular
- prüden genitive masculine singular
- prüdem dative masculine singular
- der prüde definite includes-article masculine
- die prüde definite feminine includes-article
- das prüde definite includes-article neuter
- die prüden definite includes-article nominative
- des prüden definite genitive includes-article
- der prüden definite feminine genitive
- dem prüden dative definite includes-article
- den prüden dative definite includes-article
- prüd variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prüde?
- /ˈpʁyːdə/
- [ˈpʁyːdə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prüde
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prüde in German?
prüde appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).