Apostasie
[apostaˈziː]
The verdict
“Apostasie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abfall von einem Glauben
Corpus desk
Index DE-apostasie · Apostasie · German
Apostasie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Apostasie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [apostaˈziː] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Apostasie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Apostasie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [apostaˈziː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abfall von einem Glauben".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Apostasie, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Apostasie, spelled A-P-O-S-T-A-S-I-E.
Definition
- 1Abfall von einem Glauben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Apostasie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Kirche straft die "Apostasie" mit Exkommunikation.“
„Nachdem ich nach München zurückgekehrt war, veröffentlichte eine extremistische Gruppe in Ägypten, die sich die Verteidigung des Islam auf die Fahne schreibt, eine Stellungnahme im Internet, in der sie mir Apostasie und Gotteslästerung vorwarf.“
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.