Bacteria
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The verdict
“Bacteria” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der wissenschaftliche Name für die Domäne der Bakterien im aktuellen Drei-Domänen-System
Corpus desk
Index DE-bacteria · Bacteria · German
Bacteria · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | Bacteria |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bacteria“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bacteria is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der wissenschaftliche Name für die Domäne der Bakterien im aktuellen Drei-Domänen-System".
No misspelling variants are generated for Bacteria in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Bacteria, spelled B-A-C-T-E-R-I-A.
Definition
- 1der wissenschaftliche Name für die Domäne der Bakterien im aktuellen Drei-Domänen-System
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Bacteria appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Da es zahlreiche Unterschiede zwischen Archaea und Bacteria gibt, geht man davon aus, dass sich die Entwicklungslinien dieser beiden prokaryotischen Reiche früh getrennt haben.“
Antonyms
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.