Formenlehre
[ˈfɔʁmənˌleːʁə]
The verdict
“Formenlehre” 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) - Teilgebiet der Grammatik, speziell der Morphologie (Morphemik), das sich mit den Flexionsformen befasst.
Corpus desk
Index DE-formenlehre · Formenlehre · German
Formenlehre · 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 | Formenlehre |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɔʁmənˌleːʁə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Formenlehre“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Formenlehre is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɔʁmənˌleːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Teilgebiet der Grammatik, speziell der Morphologie (Morphemik), das sich mit den Flexionsformen befasst.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Formenlehre in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Formenlehre, spelled F-O-R-M-E-N-L-E-H-R-E.
Definition
- 1Teilgebiet der Grammatik, speziell der Morphologie (Morphemik), das sich mit den Flexionsformen befasst.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Formenlehre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Formenlehre des Deutschen umfasst die Flexionsformen der Deklination, Komparation und Konjugation.
„Nach traditioneller Auffassung beschreibt die Morphemik die Arten und Formen der Wörter (…). Sie wird auch als Wortartenlehre, Wortlehre, Formenlehre oder Flexionslehre bezeichnet.“
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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.