Antenne
Letters
7 characters
Frequency Rank
#14,499
in German word usage
Misspellings
8
tracked variants
Confusables
3
similar word pairs
Antenne is aGermannoun. It means: Geräteteil (meist ein Stab aus leitendem Material) zum Empfangen oder Senden von elektromagnetischen Wellen Pronounced [anˈtɛnə]. Often confused with Antoine and Antennen.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Antenne |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [anˈtɛnə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,499 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Antenne is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [anˈtɛnə]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,499 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Antenne, with forms such as "anetnne", "anntenne", and "antene". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Antoine", "Antennen", "Anteile", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Antenne, spelled A-N-T-E-N-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Geräteteil (meist ein Stab aus leitendem Material) zum Empfangen oder Senden von elektromagnetischen Wellen
- 2Sinnesorgan einiger Gliederfüßer zum Erfassen der Umwelt
- 3Fähigkeit, Gespür, die Umwelt zu verstehen
- 4Stäbe zur Spielfeldbegrenzung links und rechts des Volleyballnetzes
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: anetnne,anntenne,antene,antenen,antnene,anttenne,atnenne,natenne
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Antenne
Misspelling Variants of "Antenne"
Frequency rank: #14,499 in German
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