fundamentales

[fʊndamɛnˈtaːləs]

/[fʊndamɛnˈtaːləs]/ adj

The verdict

“fundamentales” is uncommon German (frequency #92,928 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,928
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fundamental

Corpus desk

Index DE-fundamentales · fundamentales · German

fundamentales · rank #92,928 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,928
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Funchal

Nearest frequency peer: Funchal (-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 „fundamentales“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fundamentales
PropertyValue
Headwordfundamentales
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[fʊndamɛnˈtaːləs]
Letters13
Frequency rank#92,928
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „fundamentales“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).fundamentalesfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Funchal“ (#92,927), „fulminant“ (#92,926), „Frühmittelalter“ (#92,925). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „fundamentales“ bei #92,928. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fundamentales is uncommon German at frequency #92,928 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fʊndamɛnˈtaːləs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fundamentales, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is fundamentales, spelled F-U-N-D-A-M-E-N-T-A-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fundamental
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fundamental
  3. 3
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fundamental
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fundamental

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 "fundamentales"?
"fundamentales" is spelled F-U-N-D-A-M-E-N-T-A-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [fʊndamɛnˈtaːləs].
What does "fundamentales" mean?
As an adjective, "fundamentales" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fundamental
How do you pronounce "fundamentales"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fundamentales" is [fʊndamɛnˈtaːləs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fundamentales" come from?
"fundamentales" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list