altus
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The verdict
“altus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weit in die Höhe reichend; hoch
Corpus desk
Index DE-altus · altus · German
altus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | altus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „altus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
altus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for altus, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is altus, spelled A-L-T-U-S.
Definition
- 1weit in die Höhe reichend; hoch
- 2eine bestimmte Höhe aufweisend; hoch
- 3sich in die Tiefe erstreckend; tief
- 4tief, dick
- 5eine bestimmte Dicke aufweisend; dick
- 6hoch, lang
- 7weit entfernt
- 8hoch, hell, laut
- 9tief hineingehend ; unergründlich, versteckt; tiefer sitzend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how altus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„sed qui sunt hi, qui ascendunt altum ocrim?“ (Liv. Andr. trag. 31)
„id hoc facilius iis persuasit, quod undique loci natura Helvetii continentur: una ex parte flumine Rheno latissimo atque altissimo, qui agrum Helvetium a Germanis dividit, altera ex parte monte Iura altissimo, qui est inter Sequanos et Helvetios, tertia lacu Lemanno et flumine Rhodano, qui provinciam nostram ab Helvetiis dividit.“ (Caes. Gall. 1,2,3)
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.