prunk
[pʁʊŋk]
The verdict
“prunk” is an uncommon German word, ranked #59,090 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #59,090
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs prunken
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prunk |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pʁʊŋk] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,090 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “prunk” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for prunk is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pʁʊŋk]. Corpus data places it at rank #59,090 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs prunken".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for prunk, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is prunk, spelled P-R-U-N-K.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs prunken
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.
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Using “prunk”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-R-U-N-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.