Diakritikum
[diaˈkʁiːtɪkʊm]
The verdict
“Diakritikum” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - zusätzliches Zeichen zu den Buchstaben eines Schriftsystems, um unterschiedliche Dinge wie Akzent oder die genaue Aussprache anzuzeigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-diakritikum · Diakritikum · German
Diakritikum · 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 "D" 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 | Diakritikum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [diaˈkʁiːtɪkʊm] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Diakritikum“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Diakritikum is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [diaˈkʁiːtɪkʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zusätzliches Zeichen zu den Buchstaben eines Schriftsystems, um unterschiedliche Dinge wie Akzent oder die genaue Aussprache anzuzeigen".
Zero misspellings are on record for Diakritikum in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Diakritikum, spelled D-I-A-K-R-I-T-I-K-U-M.
Definition
- 1zusätzliches Zeichen zu den Buchstaben eines Schriftsystems, um unterschiedliche Dinge wie Akzent oder die genaue Aussprache anzuzeigen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Diakritikum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Cedille ist ein Diakritikum im Französischen, um eine bestimmte Lautqualität anzuzeigen.
„Außer alphabetischen Graphen treten auch nichtalphabetische Graphen auf: Interpunktionszeichen, Diakritika, Tachygraphen und Wortzeichen (z. B. &).“
Synonyms
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.