aftermath
[ˈɑːftəmæθ]
The verdict
“aftermath” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Folgen, die Nachwirkungen
Corpus desk
Index DE-aftermath · aftermath · German
aftermath · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | aftermath |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɑːftəmæθ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „aftermath“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
aftermath is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɑːftəmæθ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for aftermath 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 its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is aftermath, spelled A-F-T-E-R-M-A-T-H.
Definition
- 1die Folgen, die Nachwirkungen
- 2die Nachmahd, Grummet, Krummet, Zweitmahd, Nachernte
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aftermath appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Yet there was the jewel, and there at my elbow were the two Moors, now all ready for the action aftermath."
The aftermath this year was as good as the first mowing.
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.