Allium cepa
[ˌali̯ʊm ˈt͡seːpa]
The verdict
“Allium cepa” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der wissenschaftliche Name für die Küchenzwiebel
Corpus desk
Index DE-allium-cepa · Allium cepa · German
Allium cepa · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Allium cepa |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌali̯ʊm ˈt͡seːpa] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Allium cepa“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Allium cepa is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌali̯ʊm ˈt͡seːpa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der wissenschaftliche Name für die Küchenzwiebel".
Zero misspellings are on record for Allium cepa in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Allium cepa, spelled A-L-L-I-U-M- -C-E-P-A.
Definition
- 1der wissenschaftliche Name für die Küchenzwiebel
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Allium cepa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Allium cepa ist ein beliebtes Untersuchungsobjekt für botanisch ausgerichtete Mikroskopierkurse.
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