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Prüfling

German, noun[ˈpʁyːflɪŋ]

Prüfling is a German masculine noun meaning “examinee” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die eine Prüfung absolviert”.

What does Prüfling mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineexaminee

  2. 2

    masculinespecimen

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Person, die eine Prüfung absolviert 2. ein Fertigungsstück, das stellvertretend für eine Produktionscharge überprüft werden soll

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 Prüfling

  • Prüflings genitive
  • Prüflinge plural
  • Prüflingen dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Prüfling?

  • [ˈpʁyːflɪŋ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is Prüfling in German?

Prüfling 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).