distinktiven Merkmales
[dɪstɪŋkˌtiːvn̩ ˈmɛʁkmaːləs]
The verdict
“distinktiven Merkmales” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular der starken Deklination des Substantivs distinktives Merkmal
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | distinktiven Merkmales |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [dɪstɪŋkˌtiːvn̩ ˈmɛʁkmaːləs] |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “distinktiven Merkmales” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for distinktiven Merkmales is 22 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [dɪstɪŋkˌtiːvn̩ ˈmɛʁkmaːləs]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for distinktiven Merkmales in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is distinktiven Merkmales, spelled D-I-S-T-I-N-K-T-I-V-E-N- -M-E-R-K-M-A-L-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular der starken Deklination des Substantivs distinktives Merkmal
- 2Genitiv Singular der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs distinktives Merkmal
- 3Genitiv Singular der gemischten Deklination des Substantivs distinktives Merkmal
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.
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- The one correct German spelling is D-I-S-T-I-N-K-T-I-V-E-N- -M-E-R-K-M-A-L-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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