fulminant

[fʊlmiˈnant]

/[fʊlmiˈnant]/ adj

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The verdict

“fulminant” is uncommon German (frequency #92,926 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,926
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plötzlich beginnend, heftig und schnell verlaufend

Corpus desk

Index DE-fulminant · fulminant · German

fulminant · rank #92,926 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,926
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Frühmittelalt…

Nearest frequency peer: Frühmittelalter (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „fulminant“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „fulminant“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fulminant
PropertyValue
Headwordfulminant
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[fʊlmiˈnant]
Letters9
Frequency rank#92,926
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „fulminant“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).fulminantfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Frühmittelalter“ (#92,925), „Funchal“ (#92,927), „frustrierter“ (#92,924). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „fulminant“ bei #92,926. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fulminant is uncommon German at frequency #92,926 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fʊlmiˈnant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

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

  1. 1
    plötzlich beginnend, heftig und schnell verlaufend
  2. 2
    prächtig, großartig
  3. 3
    kraftvoll, stark, heftig
  4. 4
    drohend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how fulminant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die frühzeitige Diagnose ist Voraussetzung, um den gewöhnlich fulminanten Verlauf dieser Pilzpneumonie zu verhindern [17].
  2. Das Feuerwerk war fulminant.

This word in other languages

fulminant(English)fulminante(Español)fulminante(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fulminant"?
"fulminant" is spelled F-U-L-M-I-N-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [fʊlmiˈnant].
What does "fulminant" mean?
As an adjective, "fulminant" means: plötzlich beginnend, heftig und schnell verlaufend
How do you pronounce "fulminant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fulminant" is [fʊlmiˈnant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fulminant" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fulminant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Geflüster#92,950gehöriges#92,953firmieren#92,898fingierte#92,897

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list