Eiszeitalter
[ˈaɪ̯st͡saɪ̯tˌʔaltɐ]
The verdict
“Eiszeitalter” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch eine Abfolge mehrerer Kalt- und Warmzeiten geprägter erdgeschichtlicher Zeitraum, Kaltzeit
Corpus desk
Index DE-eiszeitalter · Eiszeitalter · German
Eiszeitalter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | Eiszeitalter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯st͡saɪ̯tˌʔaltɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Eiszeitalter“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Eiszeitalter is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯st͡saɪ̯tˌʔaltɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Eiszeitalter, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Eiszeitalter, spelled E-I-S-Z-E-I-T-A-L-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1durch eine Abfolge mehrerer Kalt- und Warmzeiten geprägter erdgeschichtlicher Zeitraum, Kaltzeit
- 2Pleistozän, die 2,5 Millionen Jahre vor der Neuzeit
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Eiszeitalter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In Norddeutschland findet man manche Relikte des letzten Eiszeitalters.
„Doch dann begann das letzte Eiszeitalter, es wurde kühler, trockener und aus den fruchtbaren, feuchten Savannen wurden Trockensavannen.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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.