Asteriskus
[ˌasteˈʁɪskʊs]
The verdict
“Asteriskus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Sternchen (als Zeichen *) als Hinweis auf eine Fußnote
Corpus desk
Index DE-asteriskus · Asteriskus · German
Asteriskus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Asteriskus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌasteˈʁɪskʊs] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Asteriskus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Asteriskus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌasteˈʁɪskʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Asteriskus doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Asteriskus, spelled A-S-T-E-R-I-S-K-U-S.
Definition
- 1ein Sternchen (als Zeichen *) als Hinweis auf eine Fußnote
- 2ein Sternchen (als Zeichen *) als Kennzeichen für eine erschlossene, aber nicht belegte Sprachform
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Asteriskus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wie bei einer Collage sind die Ränder der einzelnen, formal und inhaltlich ganz unterschiedlichen Beiträge durch Orts- und Zeitangaben oder durch Asteriskus sichtbar.“
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.