antibakteriell
[antibakteˈʁi̯ɛl]
The verdict
“antibakteriell” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gegen Bakterien wirkend, Bakterien abtötend
Corpus desk
Index DE-antibakteriell · antibakteriell · German
antibakteriell · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | antibakteriell |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [antibakteˈʁi̯ɛl] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „antibakteriell“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
antibakteriell is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [antibakteˈʁi̯ɛl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gegen Bakterien wirkend, Bakterien abtötend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for antibakteriell, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 antibakteriell, spelled A-N-T-I-B-A-K-T-E-R-I-E-L-L.
Definition
- 1gegen Bakterien wirkend, Bakterien abtötend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how antibakteriell appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zum Händewaschen nutzt er antibakterielle Handseife.
"Silberionen sind ein ganz hervorragendes Bakteriozid", betont Wagener. Kunststoffe, die Silbernanopartikel in sich tragen, können noch nach Jahren Silberionen freisetzen und sind so antibakteriell wirksam.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.