Andesit
[andeˈziːt]
The verdict
“Andesit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - graues, magmatisches Ergussgestein, das sich hauptsächlich aus Plagioklas und Amphibol oder Pyroxen zusammensetzt und als Baumaterial verwendet wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-andesit · Andesit · German
Andesit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Andesit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [andeˈziːt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Andesit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Andesit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [andeˈziːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "graues, magmatisches Ergussgestein, das sich hauptsächlich aus Plagioklas und Amphibol oder Pyroxen zusammensetzt und als Baumaterial verwendet wird".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Andesit in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 Andesit, spelled A-N-D-E-S-I-T.
Definition
- 1graues, magmatisches Ergussgestein, das sich hauptsächlich aus Plagioklas und Amphibol oder Pyroxen zusammensetzt und als Baumaterial verwendet wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Andesit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Vorhandensein von Andesiten würde bedeuten, daß der Mars in seiner Vergangenheit thermisch aktiver war als bisher angenommen.“
This word in other languages
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.