Ajatollah
[ˌajaˈtɔla]
The verdict
“Ajatollah” 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) - Ehrentitel für geistliche Würdenträger
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Index DE-ajatollah · Ajatollah · German
Ajatollah · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Ajatollah |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌajaˈtɔla] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ajatollah“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ajatollah is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌajaˈtɔla]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ehrentitel für geistliche Würdenträger".
Ajatollah doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Ajatollah, spelled A-J-A-T-O-L-L-A-H.
Definition
- 1Ehrentitel für geistliche Würdenträger
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ajatollah appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Verbindungen zur schiitischen Geistlichkeit in anderen Ländern könnten ein Moment der Stärke sein (manche irakische oder libanesische Schiiten folgen einem iranischen Ajatollah). Doch genauso könnte es eine Schwäche bedeuten, denn viele iranische Schiiten sind Anhänger irakischer oder libanesischer Ajatollahs.“
„Die pragmatische Außenpolitik, die Ajatollah Chomeini einschlug, bestätigte die falsche Wahrnehmung der Israelis, dass die Revolution der Mullahs nur eine vorübergehende Verirrung sei.“
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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.