Appendix
[aˈpɛndɪks]
The verdict
“Appendix” is uncommon German (frequency #73,242 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,242
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Anhang, das Angehängte, der Zusatz
Corpus desk
Index DE-appendix · Appendix · German
Appendix · rank #73,242 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,242
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Apollonia
Nearest frequency peer: Apollonia (-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 „Appendix“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Anzugträger
Anzugträger
26,762 corpus weight
- Apfelschorle
Apfelschorle
26,761 corpus weight
- Apollonia
Apollonia
26,760 corpus weight
- Appendix
Appendix
26,759 corpus weight
- Arnolds
Arnolds
26,757 corpus weight
- Artischocken
Artischocken
26,755 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Appendix“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Appendix |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈpɛndɪks] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #73,242 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Appendix“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Appendix is uncommon German at frequency #73,242 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈpɛndɪks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Appendix, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Appendix, spelled A-P-P-E-N-D-I-X.
Definition
- 1der Anhang, das Angehängte, der Zusatz
- 2kleiner, meist mehr oder weniger kegelförmiger Fortsatz der Basidiospore, mit der sie am Sterigma der Basidie angeheftet war
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Appendix appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Datentabellen stecke ich in einen Appendix am Ende des Buches.
„Zwei ausführliche Appendizes, A und B, mit separater Paginierung im Anhang veranschaulichen die Ergebnisse der Befragung und dienen als nützliches Hilfsmittel.“
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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