Ätna

[ˈɛːtna]

/[ˈɛːtna]/ name

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The verdict

“Ätna” is uncommon German (frequency #71,040 among 75 “Ä” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,040
frequency rank, German
75
“Ä” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein 3352 Meter hoher, aktiver Schichtvulkan an der Ostküste der Insel Sizilien nördlich der Stadt Catania

Corpus desk

Index DE-atna · Ätna · German

Ätna · rank #71,040 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,040
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 75
  • PHOTO-FINISH äthiopische

Nearest frequency peer: äthiopische (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Ätna“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ätna“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ätna
PropertyValue
HeadwordÄtna
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈɛːtna]
Letters4
Frequency rank#71,040
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ätna“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Ätnafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „äthiopische“ (#71,039), „Ölförderung“ (#71,041), „zylindrische“ (#71,038). Unter 75 „Ä“-Lemmata liegt „Ätna“ bei #71,040. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ätna is uncommon German at frequency #71,040 among 75 “Ä” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈɛːtna]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein 3352 Meter hoher, aktiver Schichtvulkan an der Ostküste der Insel Sizilien nördlich der Stadt Catania".

Ätna doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Ätna, spelled Ä-T-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein 3352 Meter hoher, aktiver Schichtvulkan an der Ostküste der Insel Sizilien nördlich der Stadt Catania

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Ätna appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Vor 600.000 Jahren setzte der Vulkanismus im Bereich des heutigen Ätna ein.
  2. Die Entstehung des eigentlichen Ätna begann vor ca. 100.000 Jahren, zu Beginn des Quartärs.

This word in other languages

Etna(English)Etna(Español)Etna(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ätna"?
"Ätna" is spelled Ä-T-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛːtna].
What does "Ätna" mean?
As a proper noun, "Ätna" means: ein 3352 Meter hoher, aktiver Schichtvulkan an der Ostküste der Insel Sizilien nördlich der Stadt Catania
How do you pronounce "Ätna"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ätna" is [ˈɛːtna]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ätna" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ätna", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Zane#71,019Wams#70,982Typo#70,901taxe#70,871

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list