Extremum
[ɛksˈtʁeːmʊm]
The verdict
“Extremum” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Minimum oder Maximum
Corpus desk
Index DE-extremum · Extremum · German
Extremum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Extremum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛksˈtʁeːmʊm] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Extremum“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Extremum is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛksˈtʁeːmʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Minimum oder Maximum".
No misspelling variants are generated for Extremum in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Extremum, spelled E-X-T-R-E-M-U-M.
Definition
- 1Minimum oder Maximum
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Extremum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Allgemeiner bezeichnet man in der Differentialgeometrie einen Punkt auf einer regulären Kurve als Scheitel oder Scheitelpunkt, wenn die Krümmung dort ein lokales Extremum (also ein lokales Maximum oder Minimum) besitzt.“
„Mathematisch gesprochen handelt es sich um ein Extremum einer Funktion, die abhängig von beliebigen Parametern in irgendeiner Weise Schlechtes oder Gutes darstellt.“
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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.