Antiqua
[anˈtiːkva]
The verdict
“Antiqua” is uncommon German (frequency #54,318 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,318
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schriftgattung und Schriftart, die im deutschsprachigen Raum eine Druck- oder Screenschrift ist; die lateinische Druckschrift im Gegensatz zur Fraktur
Corpus desk
Index DE-antiqua · Antiqua · German
Antiqua · rank #54,318 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,318
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH ansteigend
Nearest frequency peer: ansteigend (-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 „Antiqua“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Annäherungen
Annäherungen
45,686 corpus weight
- ansprechend…
ansprechender
45,685 corpus weight
- ansteigend
ansteigend
45,684 corpus weight
- Antiqua
Antiqua
45,683 corpus weight
- Antriebs
Antriebs
45,682 corpus weight
- anziehe
anziehe
45,680 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Antiqua“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Antiqua |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [anˈtiːkva] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,318 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Antiqua“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Antiqua is uncommon German at frequency #54,318 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [anˈtiːkva]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schriftgattung und Schriftart, die im deutschsprachigen Raum eine Druck- oder Screenschrift ist; die lateinische Druckschrift im Gegensatz zur Fraktur".
Zero misspellings are on record for Antiqua in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Antiqua, spelled A-N-T-I-Q-U-A.
Definition
- 1Schriftgattung und Schriftart, die im deutschsprachigen Raum eine Druck- oder Screenschrift ist; die lateinische Druckschrift im Gegensatz zur Fraktur
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Antiqua appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In der westlichen Welt ist die Antiqua die führende Verkehrsschrift.
Bei der Antiqua sind die Großbuchstaben (Versalien) der römischen Schrift und die Kleinbuchstaben (Gemeine) der karolingischen Minuskel entlehnt.
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.
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