Altarbild
[alˈtaːɐ̯ˌbɪlt]
The verdict
“Altarbild” is uncommon German (frequency #95,230 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,230
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bild, das an oder über einem Altar angebracht ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-altarbild · Altarbild · German
Altarbild · rank #95,230 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,230
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH alpiner
Nearest frequency peer: alpiner (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Altarbild“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Alphabete
Alphabete
4,774 corpus weight
- Alphons
Alphons
4,773 corpus weight
- alpiner
alpiner
4,772 corpus weight
- Altarbild
Altarbild
4,771 corpus weight
- Altmeier
Altmeier
4,770 corpus weight
- ambivalenten
ambivalenten
4,769 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Altarbild“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Altarbild |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alˈtaːɐ̯ˌbɪlt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #95,230 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Altarbild“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Altarbild is uncommon German at frequency #95,230 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [alˈtaːɐ̯ˌbɪlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bild, das an oder über einem Altar angebracht ist".
Zero misspellings are on record for Altarbild in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Altarbild, spelled A-L-T-A-R-B-I-L-D.
Definition
- 1Bild, das an oder über einem Altar angebracht ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Altarbild appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Altarbild malte der Däne Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg.“
„Das Altarbild auf der Etagere zittert, als er den Tisch mit den Fäusten bearbeitet.“
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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