Archaebakterium
[aʁçɛbakˈteːʁiʊm]
The verdict
“Archaebakterium” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Vertreter der Archaebakterien (siehe [2])
Corpus desk
Index DE-archaebakterium · Archaebakterium · German
Archaebakterium · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | Archaebakterium |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aʁçɛbakˈteːʁiʊm] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Archaebakterium“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Archaebakterium is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aʁçɛbakˈteːʁiʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Archaebakterium has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Archaebakterium, spelled A-R-C-H-A-E-B-A-K-T-E-R-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1ein Vertreter der Archaebakterien (siehe [2])
- 2eine der drei Domänen neben den Bakterien und den Eukaryoten, in die alle zellulären Lebewesen eingeteilt sind
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Archaebakterium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die "Hydrogenosomen-Hypothese" erklärt diesen primären Zeugungsakt des Stammbaums aller Eukaryoten durch die Vereinigung von Eubakterien (Alpha-Proteo-Bakterien) mit einem Archaebakterium. Das Archaebakterium profitierte von der Diffusion des Wasserstoffs durch die Membran der Alpha-Proteo-Bakterien in das Zellplasma des Archaebakteriums.“
„Entdeckt und beschrieben wurden die Archaebakterien Ende der 1970er Jahre von den US-amerikanischen Mikrobiologen Carl Woese und George Fox.“
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.