Apparatur

[apaʁaˈtuːɐ̯]

/[apaʁaˈtuːɐ̯]/ noun

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The verdict

“Apparatur” is uncommon German (frequency #56,757 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,757
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gesamtheit mehrerer Gerätschaften, die zusammen einen Zweck erfüllen

Corpus desk

Index DE-apparatur · Apparatur · German

Apparatur · rank #56,757 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,757
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Antony

Nearest frequency peer: Antony (-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 „Apparatur“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Apparatur
PropertyValue
HeadwordApparatur
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[apaʁaˈtuːɐ̯]
Letters9
Frequency rank#56,757
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Apparatur“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Apparaturfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Antony“ (#56,756), „Apt“ (#56,759), „angetastet“ (#56,754). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Apparatur“ bei #56,757. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Apparatur is uncommon German at frequency #56,757 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [apaʁaˈtuːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gesamtheit mehrerer Gerätschaften, die zusammen einen Zweck erfüllen".

Apparatur has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 Apparatur, spelled A-P-P-A-R-A-T-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gesamtheit mehrerer Gerätschaften, die zusammen einen Zweck erfüllen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Ein Forscher richtet während einer Wiederholung von Stanley Millers berühmten Experiment die Apparatur ein.“

Synonyms

AnlageMaschineVorrichtung

This word in other languages

apparatus(English)aparato(Español)appareillage(Français)

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 "Apparatur"?
"Apparatur" is spelled A-P-P-A-R-A-T-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is [apaʁaˈtuːɐ̯].
What does "Apparatur" mean?
As a noun, "Apparatur" means: Gesamtheit mehrerer Gerätschaften, die zusammen einen Zweck erfüllen
How do you pronounce "Apparatur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Apparatur" is [apaʁaˈtuːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Apparatur" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

angeregte#56,753Armenhaus#56,762Aneurysma#56,749ausschied#56,788

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list