Archetyp
[ˌaʁçeˈtyːp]
The verdict
“Archetyp” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sache, die am Anfang steht, völlig neu und Vorbild für die Nachfolger ist
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Index DE-archetyp · Archetyp · German
Archetyp · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Archetyp |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌaʁçeˈtyːp] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Archetyp“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Archetyp is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌaʁçeˈtyːp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sache, die am Anfang steht, völlig neu und Vorbild für die Nachfolger ist".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Archetyp, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Archetyp, spelled A-R-C-H-E-T-Y-P.
Definition
- 1Sache, die am Anfang steht, völlig neu und Vorbild für die Nachfolger ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Archetyp appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Eines war New York jedenfalls nie - bloßes Reiseziel. Es war immer schon der Archetyp der Großstadt, die Metropolis.“
„Holden Caulfield, in seiner spöttischen Verweigerung und Rebellion, wurde zum Archetyp für Generationen von Jugendlichen, denen das Buch bald als Schullektüre begegnete.“
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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.