antiquiert

[ˌantiˈkviːɐ̯t]

/[ˌantiˈkviːɐ̯t]/ adj

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The verdict

“antiquiert” is uncommon German (frequency #72,151 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,151
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - veraltet, aber noch nicht völlig außer Gebrauch und vergessen

Corpus desk

Index DE-antiquiert · antiquiert · German

antiquiert · rank #72,151 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,151
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH antifaschisti…

Nearest frequency peer: antifaschistischer (-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 „antiquiert“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for antiquiert
PropertyValue
Headwordantiquiert
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˌantiˈkviːɐ̯t]
Letters10
Frequency rank#72,151
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „antiquiert“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).antiquiertfällt 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: „antifaschistischer“ (#72,150), „Anubis“ (#72,152), „annähert“ (#72,149). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „antiquiert“ bei #72,151. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

antiquiert is uncommon German at frequency #72,151 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌantiˈkviːɐ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "veraltet, aber noch nicht völlig außer Gebrauch und vergessen".

Zero misspellings are on record for antiquiert in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is antiquiert, spelled A-N-T-I-Q-U-I-E-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    veraltet, aber noch nicht völlig außer Gebrauch und vergessen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tolkien war der erste Fantasy-Autor, der auf antiquierte Sprache verzichtete.
  2. Wir müssen mit diesen antiquierten Vorstellungen aufräumen.

Antonyms

aktuellheutigmodernzeitgemäß

This word in other languages

dated(English)anticuado(Español)

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 "antiquiert"?
"antiquiert" is spelled A-N-T-I-Q-U-I-E-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌantiˈkviːɐ̯t].
What does "antiquiert" mean?
As an adjective, "antiquiert" means: veraltet, aber noch nicht völlig außer Gebrauch und vergessen
How do you pronounce "antiquiert"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "antiquiert" is [ˌantiˈkviːɐ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "antiquiert" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

appelliere#72,154Arschtritt#72,160anfechtbar#72,139Altkanzler#72,132

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list