how to pronounce präferieren

/pʁɛːfeˈʁiːʁən/

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präferieren is pronounced in four syllables

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iː

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An example use of präferieren in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… textsorte die sie präferieren wo sie …”

meanings of präferieren

verb:

To prefer.

präferieren frequency in german - C2+ level of CEFR

the word präferieren occurs in german on average 0.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.