ätherisches Öl
[ɛˌteːʁɪʃəs ˈøːl]
The verdict
“ätherisches Öl” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - leicht flüchtiges Stoffgemisch, das meist aus Pflanzenteilen gewonnen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-atherisches-ol · ätherisches Öl · German
ätherisches Öl · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Ä" 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 | ätherisches Öl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ɛˌteːʁɪʃəs ˈøːl] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ätherisches Öl“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ätherisches Öl is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ɛˌteːʁɪʃəs ˈøːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "leicht flüchtiges Stoffgemisch, das meist aus Pflanzenteilen gewonnen wird".
Zero misspellings are on record for ätherisches Öl in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is ätherisches Öl, spelled Ä-T-H-E-R-I-S-C-H-E-S- -Ö-L.
Definition
- 1leicht flüchtiges Stoffgemisch, das meist aus Pflanzenteilen gewonnen wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ätherisches Öl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ätherische Öle bestehen meist aus Gemischen von Terpenen, Sesquiterpenen, und aromatischen Verbindungen.
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.