Amphetamine

[amfetaˈmiːnə]

/[amfetaˈmiːnə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Amphetamine” is uncommon German (frequency #64,024 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,024
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Amphetamin

Corpus desk

Index DE-amphetamine · Amphetamine · German

Amphetamine · rank #64,024 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,024
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH angefochtenen

Nearest frequency peer: angefochtenen (+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 „Amphetamine“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Amphetamine
PropertyValue
HeadwordAmphetamine
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[amfetaˈmiːnə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#64,024
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Amphetamine“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „angefochtenen“ (#64,025), „altehrwürdigen“ (#64,022), „angrenzend“ (#64,026). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Amphetamine“ bei #64,024. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Amphetamine is uncommon German at frequency #64,024 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [amfetaˈmiːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Amphetamine, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Amphetamine, spelled A-M-P-H-E-T-A-M-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Amphetamin
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Amphetamin
  3. 3
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Amphetamin

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 "Amphetamine"?
"Amphetamine" is spelled A-M-P-H-E-T-A-M-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [amfetaˈmiːnə].
What does "Amphetamine" mean?
As a noun, "Amphetamine" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Amphetamin
How do you pronounce "Amphetamine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Amphetamine" is [amfetaˈmiːnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Amphetamine" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

anstandslos#64,033adressieren#64,008achtzehnten#64,006abzuweichen#64,003

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list