Aschenplatz
[ˈaʃn̩ˌplat͡s]
The verdict
“Aschenplatz” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Platz, dessen Unterlage meist aus gemahlener Schlacke oder vulkanischer Asche besteht
Corpus desk
Index DE-aschenplatz · Aschenplatz · German
Aschenplatz · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | Aschenplatz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaʃn̩ˌplat͡s] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Aschenplatz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Aschenplatz is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaʃn̩ˌplat͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Platz, dessen Unterlage meist aus gemahlener Schlacke oder vulkanischer Asche besteht".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Aschenplatz, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Aschenplatz, spelled A-S-C-H-E-N-P-L-A-T-Z.
Definition
- 1Platz, dessen Unterlage meist aus gemahlener Schlacke oder vulkanischer Asche besteht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Aschenplatz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie trainieren auf einem Aschenplatz.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.