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dramaturge

noun, verb

dramaturge is spelled D-R-A-M-A-T-U-R-G-E: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dramaturge means “Someone who writes or adapts theater plays; a playwright or dramatist, especially one connected with a specific theater or company” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dramaturge is dramaturges.

How many letters and syllables are in dramaturge?

Letters10: D-R-A-M-A-T-U-R-G-E
In writingabout once in every 48 million words; the 214,628th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is dramaturge?

Dramaturge appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Forms of dramaturge

  • dramaturges plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • dramaturging participle, present
  • dramaturged participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does dramaturge mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    rareSomeone who writes or adapts theater plays; a playwright or dramatist, especially one connected with a specific theater or company.

  2. 2

    rareA literary adviser or editor in a theater, opera, or film company that researches, selects, adapts, edits, and interprets scripts, libretti, texts, and printed programs (or helps others with these tasks), consults with authors, and does public relations work.

verb

  1. 1

    rareTo act as a dramaturge.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Dramaturge in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchdramaturge (playwright)
GermanBühnenautor, Dramatiker, Schauspieldichter, Stückeschreiber (playwright), Dramaturg, Dramaturgin (literary adviser or editor)
Spanishdramaturgo (playwright)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

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