astonishment
[əˈstɒnɪʃmənt]
The verdict
“astonishment” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Erstaunen, Staunen, die Verwunderung, Verblüffung
Corpus desk
Index DE-astonishment · astonishment · German
astonishment · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | astonishment |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [əˈstɒnɪʃmənt] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „astonishment“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
astonishment is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [əˈstɒnɪʃmənt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das Erstaunen, Staunen, die Verwunderung, Verblüffung".
No generated misspelling entries exist for astonishment in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is astonishment, spelled A-S-T-O-N-I-S-H-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1das Erstaunen, Staunen, die Verwunderung, Verblüffung
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how astonishment appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The garden's beauty filled me with astonishment.
Synonyms
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.