Fichtenbaum
[ˈfɪçtn̩ˌbaʊ̯m]
The verdict
“Fichtenbaum” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nadelbaum der biologischen Gattung Picea; Fichte
Corpus desk
Index DE-fichtenbaum · Fichtenbaum · German
Fichtenbaum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Fichtenbaum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɪçtn̩ˌbaʊ̯m] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fichtenbaum“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fichtenbaum is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɪçtn̩ˌbaʊ̯m]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nadelbaum der biologischen Gattung Picea; Fichte".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Fichtenbaum, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Fichtenbaum, spelled F-I-C-H-T-E-N-B-A-U-M.
Definition
- 1Nadelbaum der biologischen Gattung Picea; Fichte
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fichtenbaum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die herrliche Abendsonne beschien mit ihren goldenen Strahlen einen großen Fichtenbaum, welcher an einer felsigen Berghalde stand.“
„Der Fichtenbaum gehört dem Norden an, die Palme dem Morgenlande und den tropiſchen Gegenden.“ [1874]
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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.