Anthropozän
[ˌantʁopoˈt͡sɛːn]
The verdict
“Anthropozän” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - strittiger Terminus für das ab 1780 einsetzende, menschgemachte Erdzeitalter
Corpus desk
Index DE-anthropozan · Anthropozän · German
Anthropozän · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Anthropozän |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌantʁopoˈt͡sɛːn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Anthropozän“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Anthropozän is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌantʁopoˈt͡sɛːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "strittiger Terminus für das ab 1780 einsetzende, menschgemachte Erdzeitalter".
Anthropozän has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Anthropozän, spelled A-N-T-H-R-O-P-O-Z-Ä-N.
Definition
- 1strittiger Terminus für das ab 1780 einsetzende, menschgemachte Erdzeitalter
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Anthropozän appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Anthropozän ist Ausdruck des menschlichen Einflusses auf seinen Planeten.
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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.