Achäne
[ˌaˈxɛːnə]
The verdict
“Achäne” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sonderform der einsamigen Frucht der Korbblütler, bei der die Samenschale und die Fruchtwand sehr eng miteinander verbunden sind
Corpus desk
Index DE-achane · Achäne · German
Achäne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | Achäne |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌaˈxɛːnə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Achäne“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Achäne is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌaˈxɛːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sonderform der einsamigen Frucht der Korbblütler, bei der die Samenschale und die Fruchtwand sehr eng miteinander verbunden sind".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Achäne in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Achäne, spelled A-C-H-Ä-N-E.
Definition
- 1Sonderform der einsamigen Frucht der Korbblütler, bei der die Samenschale und die Fruchtwand sehr eng miteinander verbunden sind
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Achäne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Früchte der meisten Korbblütler sind Achänen.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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.