Deppenapostroph
German, noun/ˈdɛpənʔapoˌstʁoːf/
Deppenapostroph is spelled D-E-P-P-E-N-A-P-O-S-T-R-O-P-H (15 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 154,802nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Deppenapostroph is a German masculine noun meaning “greengrocer's apostrophe; an incorrectly used apostrophe, especially the practice borrowed from English to denote possessive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein regelwidrig gesetzter Apostroph”.
What does Deppenapostroph mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialinformalmasculineneuternonstandardgreengrocer's apostrophe; an incorrectly used apostrophe, especially the practice borrowed from English to denote possessive
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein regelwidrig gesetzter Apostroph
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Deppenapostroph
- Deppenapostrophs genitive
- Deppenapostrophe plural
- Deppenapostrophen dative definite plural
- Deppen-Apostroph alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Deppenapostroph?
- /ˈdɛpənʔapoˌstʁoːf/
- [ˈdɛpn̩ʔapoˌstʁoːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Deppenapostroph in German?
Deppenapostroph appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).