Ave-Maria
[ˈaːvemaˈʁiːa]
The verdict
“Ave-Maria” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gebet, das an Maria gerichtet ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-ave-maria · Ave-Maria · German
Ave-Maria · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Ave-Maria |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaːvemaˈʁiːa] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ave-Maria“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ave-Maria is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaːvemaˈʁiːa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Ave-Maria doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Ave-Maria, spelled A-V-E---M-A-R-I-A.
Definition
- 1Gebet, das an Maria gerichtet ist
- 2Glockenläuten, das zum Beten des Ave-Maria auffordert
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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.