Polyglot Dictionary

Prinzip

/pʁɪnˈtsiːp/

das noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Prinzipien

Meaning

  1. principle

N Category Idea Concreteness Abstract Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

grundsatz

Grundsatz and Prinzip are close synonyms for "principle"; Grundsatz is native German, Prinzip a Latin loanword, largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

princípio

princípio is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "principle."

Practice

1 What does Prinzip mean?

2 Fill the gap: Aus ___ esse ich kein Fleisch.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Prinzip?

noun

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