fulminant
[fʊlmiˈnant]
The verdict
“fulminant” is an uncommon German word, ranked #92,926 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #92,926
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plötzlich beginnend, heftig und schnell verlaufend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fulminant |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [fʊlmiˈnant] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #92,926 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fulminant” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for fulminant is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fʊlmiˈnant]. Corpus data places it at rank #92,926 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
fulminant has no tracked misspelling variants, 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is fulminant, spelled F-U-L-M-I-N-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1plötzlich beginnend, heftig und schnell verlaufend
- 2prächtig, großartig
- 3kraftvoll, stark, heftig
- 4drohend
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “fulminant”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-U-L-M-I-N-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fʊlmiˈnant] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.