Altmarkt

[ˈaltˌmaʁkt]

/[ˈaltˌmaʁkt]/ name

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The verdict

“Altmarkt” is uncommon German (frequency #65,968 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,968
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eigenname von Plätzen und Straßen in folgenden deutschsprachigen Orten

Corpus desk

Index DE-altmarkt · Altmarkt · German

Altmarkt · rank #65,968 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,968
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Alpaka

Nearest frequency peer: Alpaka (-2 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 „Altmarkt“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Altmarkt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Altmarkt
PropertyValue
HeadwordAltmarkt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈaltˌmaʁkt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#65,968
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Altmarkt“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Altmarktfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Alpaka“ (#65,966), „Amtsvorgänger“ (#65,970), „amüsanten“ (#65,971). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Altmarkt“ bei #65,968. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Altmarkt is uncommon German at frequency #65,968 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈaltˌmaʁkt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Altmarkt doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Altmarkt, spelled A-L-T-M-A-R-K-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Eigenname von Plätzen und Straßen in folgenden deutschsprachigen Orten
  2. 2
    Altenberg, Erzgebirge, Sachsen; Aue, Sachsen; Auerbach/Vogtland; Bischofswerda, Sachsen; Bottrop, Nordrhein-Westfalen; Cottbus, Brandenburg; Dinslaken, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dresden, Sachsen; Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen Geyer, Sachsen; Hohenmölsen, Sachsen-Anhalt; / Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Sachsen; Kassel, Hessen, Kirchberg, Sachsen; Leisnig, Sachsen; Lichtenstein, Sachsen; Löbau, Sachsen; Marl, Nordrhein-Westfalen; Mügeln bei Oschatz, Sachsen; Mühlberg, Brandenburg, Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen; Oederan, Sachsen; Oschatz, Sachsen; Pausa/Vogtland, Sachsen; Plauen, Vogtland, Sachsen; Schmalkalden, Thüringen; Schwelm, Nordrhein-Westfalen; Zeitz/Elster, Sachsen-Anhalt; Zschopau, Sachsen;

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Altmarkt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Altmarkt ist hundert Meter lang.
  2. Familie Mustermann wohnt Altmarkt 66.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Altmarkt"?
"Altmarkt" is spelled A-L-T-M-A-R-K-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaltˌmaʁkt].
What does "Altmarkt" mean?
As a proper noun, "Altmarkt" means: Eigenname von Plätzen und Straßen in folgenden deutschsprachigen Orten
How do you pronounce "Altmarkt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Altmarkt" is [ˈaltˌmaʁkt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Altmarkt" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Altmarkt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Anlasser#65,976Anrainer#65,978Anrichte#65,979Akkorden#65,956

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list