Prolet

German

Etymology

Clipping of Proletarier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʁoˈleːt]
  • Hyphenation: Pro‧let
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Noun

Prolet m (weak, genitive Proleten, plural Proleten, feminine Proletin)

  1. proletarian
    • 1929, “Der heimliche Aufmarsch”, Erich Weinert (lyrics), Hanns Eisler (music):
      Und der Krieg der jetzt durch die Länder geht,
      Ist der Krieg gegen dich, Prolet!
      And the wars fought against countries,
      is the war fought against you, proletarian!
  2. (derogatory) prole, pleb

Declension

Declension of Prolet [masculine, weak]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Prolet die Proleten
genitive eines des Proleten der Proleten
dative einem dem Proleten den Proleten
accusative einen den Proleten die Proleten

Descendants

  • → Dutch: proleet

Further reading

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