Altersbestimmung
[ˈaltɐsbəˌʃtɪmʊŋ]
The verdict
“Altersbestimmung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Feststellung/Bestimmung, wie alt etwas ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-altersbestimmung · Altersbestimmung · German
Altersbestimmung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 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 | Altersbestimmung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaltɐsbəˌʃtɪmʊŋ] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Altersbestimmung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Altersbestimmung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaltɐsbəˌʃtɪmʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Altersbestimmung has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Altersbestimmung, spelled A-L-T-E-R-S-B-E-S-T-I-M-M-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Feststellung/Bestimmung, wie alt etwas ist
- 2Feststellung/Schätzung, wie alt ein Lebewesen ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Altersbestimmung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Altersbestimmung ergab, dass man den ältesten Kultbau Perus gefunden hatte.“
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.