contaminate
[kənˈtæmɪneɪt]
The verdict
“contaminate” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas unrein machen, indem am einer giftigen oder verschmutzenden Substanz aussetzt oder eine solche hinzufügt
Corpus desk
Index DE-contaminate · contaminate · German
contaminate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | contaminate |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kənˈtæmɪneɪt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „contaminate“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
contaminate is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [kənˈtæmɪneɪt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas unrein machen, indem am einer giftigen oder verschmutzenden Substanz aussetzt oder eine solche hinzufügt".
Zero misspellings are on record for contaminate in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is contaminate, spelled C-O-N-T-A-M-I-N-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1etwas unrein machen, indem am einer giftigen oder verschmutzenden Substanz aussetzt oder eine solche hinzufügt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how contaminate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The nearby river has been contaminated with mercury.
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.