Äon
[ɛˈoːn]
The verdict
“Äon” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - höchstrangige Zeiteinheit in der Erdgeschichte, die mehrere hundert Millionen bis über eine Milliarde Jahre umfasst
Corpus desk
Index DE-aon · Äon · German
Äon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Ä" 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 | Äon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛˈoːn] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Äon“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Äon is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛˈoːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Äon in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Äon, spelled Ä-O-N.
Definition
- 1höchstrangige Zeiteinheit in der Erdgeschichte, die mehrere hundert Millionen bis über eine Milliarde Jahre umfasst
- 2sehr langer, nach menschlichem Ermessen unüberschaubarer, unendlich erscheinender Zeitraum
- 3Zeitabschnitt der Weltgeschichte, Zeitalter
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Äon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Hadaikum ist der erste Äon in der Geologie.
„Moor: Nein, nicht erschlagen! das Wort ist Beschönigung! - der Sohn hat den Vater tausendmal gerädert, gespießt, gefoltert, geschunden! die Worte sind mir zu menschlich - worüber die Sünde roth wird, worüber der Kannibale schaudert, worauf seit Äonen kein Teufel gekommen ist.“
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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.