anno dazumal
[ˈano ˈdaːt͡sumaːl]
The verdict
“anno dazumal” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vor einigen Jahren, früher, damals
Corpus desk
Index DE-anno-dazumal · anno dazumal · German
anno dazumal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | anno dazumal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈano ˈdaːt͡sumaːl] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „anno dazumal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
anno dazumal is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈano ˈdaːt͡sumaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vor einigen Jahren, früher, damals".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for anno dazumal, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is anno dazumal, spelled A-N-N-O- -D-A-Z-U-M-A-L.
Definition
- 1vor einigen Jahren, früher, damals
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anno dazumal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Anno dazumal benutzten wir noch Kassetten.
„Kehrt hier nicht gar in neuer Gestalt die gute alte Volkserzählung wieder, wie man sie aus den Spinnstuben von anno dazumal kennt?“
Synonyms
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.