aquarius

adj

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The verdict

“aquarius” is uncommon German (frequency #61,284 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,284
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zum Wasser gehörig, für Wasser vorgesehen; Wasser-

Corpus desk

Index DE-aquarius · aquarius · German

aquarius · rank #61,284 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,284
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Appenzeller

Nearest frequency peer: Appenzeller (-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 „aquarius“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aquarius
PropertyValue
Headwordaquarius
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#61,284
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „aquarius“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).aquariusfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Appenzeller“ (#61,283), „Arbeitsmedizin“ (#61,285), „Apk“ (#61,282). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „aquarius“ bei #61,284. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aquarius is uncommon German at frequency #61,284 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for aquarius in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is aquarius, spelled A-Q-U-A-R-I-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    zum Wasser gehörig, für Wasser vorgesehen; Wasser-
  2. 2
    nur mit Wasser funktionierend; Wasser-

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „vasa olearia instructa iuga quinque, ahenum quod capiat q XXX, operculum aheni, uncos ferreos III, urceos aquarius III, infidibula II, ahenum quod capiat q V, uncos III, lebellum pollulum I, amphoras olearias II, urnam quinquagenariam unam, trullas tris situlum aquarium I, pelvim I, matellionem, trullium scutriscum, matellam, nassiternam, trullam, candel…
  2. „vas aquarium vocant futim, quod in triclinio allatam aquam infundebant;“ (Varro, l.l. 5, 119)

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 "aquarius"?
"aquarius" is spelled A-Q-U-A-R-I-U-S.
What does "aquarius" mean?
As an adjective, "aquarius" means: zum Wasser gehörig, für Wasser vorgesehen; Wasser-
What language does "aquarius" come from?
"aquarius" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

assembly#61,292andocken#61,269aufstehe#61,301Augapfel#61,302

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list