Akkretion
[akʁeˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Akkretion” 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 durch die Schwerkraft bedingte Massenzunahme von Sternen durch Aufnahme von Materie
Corpus desk
Index DE-akkretion · Akkretion · German
Akkretion · 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 | Akkretion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [akʁeˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Akkretion“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Akkretion is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [akʁeˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die durch die Schwerkraft bedingte Massenzunahme von Sternen durch Aufnahme von Materie".
No misspelling variants are generated for Akkretion in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Akkretion, spelled A-K-K-R-E-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1die durch die Schwerkraft bedingte Massenzunahme von Sternen durch Aufnahme von Materie
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Akkretion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Röntgen-Doppelsterne bieten sich als ideale kosmische Laboratorien an, um Genaueres über die Vorgänge bei der Akkretion zu erfahren, denn die bekannten sind sehr hell und befinden sich gewissermaßen in unserer direkten Nachbarschaft, im Milchstraßensystem.“
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.