Prinzip
\pʁɪnˈt͡siːp\
The verdict
“Prinzip” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Principe, règle de conduite d’une personne ou d’un groupe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prinzip · Prinzip · French
Prinzip · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Prinzip |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁɪnˈt͡siːp\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Prinzip is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁɪnˈt͡siːp\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Prinzip in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Prinzip, spelled P-R-I-N-Z-I-P.
Definition
- 1Principe, règle de conduite d’une personne ou d’un groupe.
- 2Principe, idée de base sur laquelle se fondent des institutions ou des organisations.
- 3Principe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Prinzip appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wahrscheinlich machte Britta aus Prinzip nicht auf, einfach weil sie keine Überraschungsbesuche mochte und bei jeder sich bietenden Gelegenheit anmerkte, dass es schlicht unhöflich war, einfach so reinzuschneien, statt sich wenigstens von unterwegs via Handy anzukündigen.
Leitendes Prinzip für Chamenei ist, den Geist der Islamischen Revolution von 1979 zu bewahren - und Raisi galt nicht nur ideologisch als linientreu; seine Biografie prädestinierte ihn für diese Rolle.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.