Apostelbrief
[aˈpɔstl̩ˌbʁiːf]
The verdict
“Apostelbrief” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Theologie, Neues Testament: In Briefform verfasste Apostelschriften im Neuen Testament
Corpus desk
Index DE-apostelbrief · Apostelbrief · German
Apostelbrief · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | Apostelbrief |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈpɔstl̩ˌbʁiːf] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Apostelbrief“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Apostelbrief is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈpɔstl̩ˌbʁiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Theologie, Neues Testament: In Briefform verfasste Apostelschriften im Neuen Testament".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Apostelbrief, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Apostelbrief, spelled A-P-O-S-T-E-L-B-R-I-E-F.
Definition
- 1Theologie, Neues Testament: In Briefform verfasste Apostelschriften im Neuen Testament
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Apostelbrief appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auch als im 2Jh. die ab der Mitte des 1 Jh.s sukzessiv entstandenen spezifisch ›christlichen‹ Evangelien und Apostelbriefe in der Kirche den Rang ›Heilige Schrift‹ erhielten, traten die neuen heiligen Bücher nicht an die Stelle der Bibel Israels.“
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.