Apokryphen

[apoˈkʁyːfn̩]

/[apoˈkʁyːfn̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Apokryphen” is uncommon German (frequency #76,500 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,500
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Apokryphe

Corpus desk

Index DE-apokryphen · Apokryphen · German

Apokryphen · rank #76,500 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,500
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH anzuprangern

Nearest frequency peer: anzuprangern (-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 „Apokryphen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Apokryphen
PropertyValue
HeadwordApokryphen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[apoˈkʁyːfn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#76,500
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Apokryphen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Apokryphenfällt 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: „anzuprangern“ (#76,499), „Aquitanien“ (#76,501), „anzeigte“ (#76,498). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Apokryphen“ bei #76,500. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Apokryphen is uncommon German at frequency #76,500 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [apoˈkʁyːfn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Apokryphen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Apokryphen, spelled A-P-O-K-R-Y-P-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Apokryphe
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Apokryphe
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Apokryphe
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Apokryphe

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 "Apokryphen"?
"Apokryphen" is spelled A-P-O-K-R-Y-P-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [apoˈkʁyːfn̩].
What does "Apokryphen" mean?
As a noun, "Apokryphen" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Apokryphe
How do you pronounce "Apokryphen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Apokryphen" is [apoˈkʁyːfn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Apokryphen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Aquitanien#76,501anreichern#76,496Athanasius#76,508angewöhnen#76,490

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list