Eozän
[eoˈt͡sɛːn]
The verdict
“Eozän” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Zeitalter innerhalb des Tertiärs (heute Paläogen genannt)
Corpus desk
Index DE-eozan · Eozän · German
Eozän · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Eozän |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eoˈt͡sɛːn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Eozän“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Eozän is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [eoˈt͡sɛːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein Zeitalter innerhalb des Tertiärs (heute Paläogen genannt)".
Eozän doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Eozän, spelled E-O-Z-Ä-N.
Definition
- 1ein Zeitalter innerhalb des Tertiärs (heute Paläogen genannt)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Eozän appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Eozän entwickelten sich vor allem die Säugetiere weiter.
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.