anthrazit

[antʁaˈt͡siːt]

/[antʁaˈt͡siːt]/ adj

The verdict

“anthrazit” is uncommon German (frequency #66,976 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,976
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in der Farbe des Anthrazits

Corpus desk

Index DE-anthrazit · anthrazit · German

anthrazit · rank #66,976 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,976
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH ansteckenden

Nearest frequency peer: ansteckenden (-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 „anthrazit“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for anthrazit
PropertyValue
Headwordanthrazit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[antʁaˈt͡siːt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#66,976
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „anthrazit“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „ansteckenden“ (#66,975), „ansprechendes“ (#66,974), „Antragstellers“ (#66,978). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „anthrazit“ bei #66,976. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anthrazit is uncommon German at frequency #66,976 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [antʁaˈt͡siːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in der Farbe des Anthrazits".

No misspelling variants are generated for anthrazit in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is anthrazit, spelled A-N-T-H-R-A-Z-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    in der Farbe des Anthrazits

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Hast du ein anthrazit Näpfchen in deinem Farbkasten?
  2. Die haushohe, sägerauhe Lärchenschalung steht im Kontrast zu vertikal und horizontal gegliederten Lichtbändern in anthraziter Aluminiumkonstruktion.

Synonyms

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 "anthrazit"?
"anthrazit" is spelled A-N-T-H-R-A-Z-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [antʁaˈt͡siːt].
What does "anthrazit" mean?
As an adjective, "anthrazit" means: in der Farbe des Anthrazits
How do you pronounce "anthrazit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anthrazit" is [antʁaˈt͡siːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anthrazit" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list