Altenteil
[ˈaltn̩ˌtaɪ̯l]
The verdict
“Altenteil” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gesamtheit der Ansprüche, die der ehemalige Besitzer nach Übergabe gegenüber seinem Nachfolger hat, darunter in vielen Fällen eine Unterkunft, zum Beispiel in der Landwirtschaft
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Altenteil |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaltn̩ˌtaɪ̯l] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Altenteil” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Altenteil is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaltn̩ˌtaɪ̯l]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Gesamtheit der Ansprüche, die der ehemalige Besitzer nach Übergabe gegenüber seinem Nachfolger hat, darunter in vielen Fällen eine Unterkunft, zum Beispiel in der Landwirtschaft".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Altenteil, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Altenteil, spelled A-L-T-E-N-T-E-I-L.
Definition
- 1Gesamtheit der Ansprüche, die der ehemalige Besitzer nach Übergabe gegenüber seinem Nachfolger hat, darunter in vielen Fällen eine Unterkunft, zum Beispiel in der Landwirtschaft
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.
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Using “Altenteil”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-L-T-E-N-T-E-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaltn̩ˌtaɪ̯l] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.