Ferment
[fɛʁˈmɛnt]
The verdict
“Ferment” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Substanz, die im pflanzlichen, tierischen und menschlichen Organismus gebildet wird und bestimmte chemische Umwandlungen im Körper beschleunigt
Corpus desk
Index DE-ferment · Ferment · German
Ferment · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | Ferment |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛʁˈmɛnt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ferment“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ferment is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛʁˈmɛnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Ferment, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Ferment, spelled F-E-R-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Substanz, die im pflanzlichen, tierischen und menschlichen Organismus gebildet wird und bestimmte chemische Umwandlungen im Körper beschleunigt
- 2vorwärtstreibendes, beschleunigendes, gärendes Element
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ferment appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bei der Käseherstellung wirkt das Labferment mit, ein Enzym, das aus Kälbermägen gewonnen wurde.“
„aber wo »politische Öffentlichkeit« entsteht, verliert man im dissonanten Vielerlei fast aus dem Blick. Sie aber ist das Ferment aller Demokratie.“
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.