Anhydrit

[anhyˈdʁiːt]

/[anhyˈdʁiːt]/ noun

The verdict

“Anhydrit” is uncommon German (frequency #96,646 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,646
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - farbloses bis graues Mineral, wasserfreies Kalziumsulfat, das in Salzlagerstätten vorkommt und zur Herstellung von Zement und Kunstdünger verwendet wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-anhydrit · Anhydrit · German

Anhydrit · rank #96,646 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,646
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH anhielten

Nearest frequency peer: anhielten (-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 „Anhydrit“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Anhydrit
PropertyValue
HeadwordAnhydrit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[anhyˈdʁiːt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#96,646
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Anhydrit“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Anhydritfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „anhielten“ (#96,645), „anlege“ (#96,647), „Angstzuständen“ (#96,644). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Anhydrit“ bei #96,646. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Anhydrit is uncommon German at frequency #96,646 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [anhyˈdʁiːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "farbloses bis graues Mineral, wasserfreies Kalziumsulfat, das in Salzlagerstätten vorkommt und zur Herstellung von Zement und Kunstdünger verwendet wird".

No misspelling variants are generated for Anhydrit in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Anhydrit, spelled A-N-H-Y-D-R-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    farbloses bis graues Mineral, wasserfreies Kalziumsulfat, das in Salzlagerstätten vorkommt und zur Herstellung von Zement und Kunstdünger verwendet wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Das Anhydritgestein ist wasserfreier Gipsstein (CaSO₄), der sein Kristallwasser in heißen Erdperioden abgegeben hat. Da Anhydrit kein Kristallwasser enthält, entfällt der Brennvorgang wie bei der Gipsherstellung.“

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); 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 "Anhydrit"?
"Anhydrit" is spelled A-N-H-Y-D-R-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [anhyˈdʁiːt].
What does "Anhydrit" mean?
As a noun, "Anhydrit" means: farbloses bis graues Mineral, wasserfreies Kalziumsulfat, das in Salzlagerstätten vorkommt und zur Herstellung von Zement und Kunstdünger verwendet wird
How do you pronounce "Anhydrit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Anhydrit" is [anhyˈdʁiːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Anhydrit" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list