enge Apposition

[ˈɛŋə apoziˈt͡si̯oːn]

/[ˈɛŋə apoziˈt͡si̯oːn]/ phrase

The verdict

“enge Apposition” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Form der Apposition, die eine besonders enge Verbindung mit dem Bezugsnomen eingeht; sie wird vorangestellt und im Schriftbild nicht durch ein Komma abgetrennt.

Key facts for enge Apposition
PropertyValue
Headwordenge Apposition
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈɛŋə apoziˈt͡si̯oːn]
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “enge Apposition” sits in German frequency

enge Apposition falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for enge Apposition is 15 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɛŋə apoziˈt͡si̯oːn]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "die Form der Apposition, die eine besonders enge Verbindung mit dem Bezugsnomen eingeht; sie wird vorangestellt und im Schriftbild nicht durch ein Komma abgetrennt.".

No misspelling variants are generated for enge Apposition 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 enge Apposition, spelled E-N-G-E- -A-P-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Form der Apposition, die eine besonders enge Verbindung mit dem Bezugsnomen eingeht; sie wird vorangestellt und im Schriftbild nicht durch ein Komma abgetrennt.

Antonyms

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "enge Apposition"?
"enge Apposition" is spelled E-N-G-E- -A-P-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛŋə apoziˈt͡si̯oːn].
What does "enge Apposition" mean?
As a phrase, "enge Apposition" means: die Form der Apposition, die eine besonders enge Verbindung mit dem Bezugsnomen eingeht; sie wird vorangestellt und im Schriftbild nicht durch ein Komma abgetrennt.
How do you pronounce "enge Apposition"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enge Apposition" is [ˈɛŋə apoziˈt͡si̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enge Apposition" come from?
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Using “enge Apposition”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is E-N-G-E- -A-P-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈɛŋə apoziˈt͡si̯oːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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