amount

[ˈəmaʊnt]

/[ˈəmaʊnt]/ noun

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The verdict

“amount” is uncommon German (frequency #92,565 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,565
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Menge, Anzahl

Corpus desk

Index DE-amount · amount · German

amount · rank #92,565 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,565
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH amtierte

Nearest frequency peer: amtierte (+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 „amount“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for amount
PropertyValue
Headwordamount
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈəmaʊnt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#92,565
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „amount“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).amountfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „amtierte“ (#92,566), „Alpinisten“ (#92,563), „alors“ (#92,562). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „amount“ bei #92,565. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

amount is uncommon German at frequency #92,565 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈəmaʊnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for amount in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is amount, spelled A-M-O-U-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Menge, Anzahl
  2. 2
    Betrag

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The dogs need different amounts of food. [Internetbeleg]
  2. I gave him money up to the amount of 50$.

Synonyms

aggregatesumtotal

This word in other languages

quantité(Français)

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 "amount"?
"amount" is spelled A-M-O-U-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈəmaʊnt].
What does "amount" mean?
As a noun, "amount" means: Menge, Anzahl
How do you pronounce "amount"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amount" is [ˈəmaʊnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amount" come from?
"amount" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Alexia#92,556Akazie#92,553anthem#92,586aspire#92,601

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list