Apposition
[apoziˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Apposition” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (weglassbare) Beistellung im (nominalen, …) Satzglied, die meistens im gleichen Kasus wie das Bezugsnomen steht und auf den gleichen Sachverhalt, die gleiche Person oder Ähnliches verweist. Sie kan...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Apposition |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [apoziˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Apposition” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Apposition is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [apoziˈt͡si̯oːn]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Apposition has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Apposition, spelled A-P-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1(weglassbare) Beistellung im (nominalen, …) Satzglied, die meistens im gleichen Kasus wie das Bezugsnomen steht und auf den gleichen Sachverhalt, die gleiche Person oder Ähnliches verweist. Sie kann auch abweichend vom Bezugsnomen im Nominativ stehen. (Viele Linguisten betrachten Appositionen als eine Sonderform des Attributs; sie verhalten sich aber syntaktisch anders.)
- 2„Anlagerung von Substanzen (zum Beispiel Dickenwachstum pflanzlicher Zellwände oder Anlagerung von Knochensubstanz beim Aufbau der Knochen)“
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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.
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Using “Apposition”
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- The one correct German spelling is A-P-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [apoziˈt͡si̯oːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.