prunk
[pʁʊŋk]
The verdict
“prunk” is uncommon German (frequency #59,090 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,090
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs prunken
Corpus desk
Index DE-prunk · prunk · German
prunk · rank #59,090 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,090
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH protestantisch
Nearest frequency peer: protestantisch (-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 „prunk“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Professuren
Professuren
40,914 corpus weight
- Protektorat
Protektorat
40,913 corpus weight
- protestanti…
protestantisch
40,912 corpus weight
- prunk
prunk
40,911 corpus weight
- Prägungen
Prägungen
40,910 corpus weight
- Präteritum
Präteritum
40,909 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „prunk“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „prunk“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
prunk is uncommon German at frequency #59,090 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [pʁʊŋk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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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