Ampulle
[amˈpʊlə]
The verdict
“Ampulle” is uncommon German (frequency #64,954 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,954
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - luftdicht, oft unter Vakuum, verschlossenes Glasgefäß zur Aufbewahrung von Stoffen, die ihre Eigenschaften unter Lufteinfluss ändern würden, zum Beispiel luftempfindliche, flüchtige oder hochreakti...
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Index DE-ampulle · Ampulle · German
Ampulle · rank #64,954 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,954
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Altertümer
Nearest frequency peer: Altertümer (-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 „Ampulle“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Allgemeinwi…
Allgemeinwissen
35,050 corpus weight
- allmächtiger
allmächtiger
35,049 corpus weight
- Altertümer
Altertümer
35,048 corpus weight
- Ampulle
Ampulle
35,047 corpus weight
- Anaheim
Anaheim
35,045 corpus weight
- analytischer
analytischer
35,044 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ampulle“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ampulle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [amˈpʊlə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #64,954 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ampulle“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ampulle is uncommon German at frequency #64,954 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [amˈpʊlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Ampulle has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Ampulle, spelled A-M-P-U-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1luftdicht, oft unter Vakuum, verschlossenes Glasgefäß zur Aufbewahrung von Stoffen, die ihre Eigenschaften unter Lufteinfluss ändern würden, zum Beispiel luftempfindliche, flüchtige oder hochreaktive Substanzen
- 2Erweiterung von Hohlorganen (zum Beispiel beim Mastdarm)
- 3Kännchen für Wasser, Öl, Wein und Ähnliches zur Benutzung während der Messe
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ampulle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er stach die Nadel in die Ampulle und zog die Spritze mit der klaren Flüssigkeit auf.
„Als ebenso seltsam empfand er, dass sie ihm ein Päckchen Ampullen mitgab, das er auch Dr. Cerny übergeben sollte.“
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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.
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