Asterisk
[astəˈʁɪsk]
The verdict
“Asterisk” 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) - fünf- oder sechszackiger Stern
Corpus desk
Index DE-asterisk · Asterisk · German
Asterisk · 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 | Asterisk |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [astəˈʁɪsk] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Asterisk“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Asterisk is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [astəˈʁɪsk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Asterisk in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Asterisk, spelled A-S-T-E-R-I-S-K.
Definition
- 1fünf- oder sechszackiger Stern
- 2fünf- oder sechszackiger Stern
- 3fünf- oder sechszackiger Stern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Asterisk appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Asterisk (Sternchen) dient dabei als Platzhalter, etwa für Guttenberg, Jung, Schavan und Wulff.“
„Pflichtfelder, in denen zwingend Angaben gemacht werden müssen, sind mit einem Asterisk (*) gekennzeichnet.“
Synonyms
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.