fünfundvierzig

/[ˈfʏnfʔʊntˌfɪʁt͡sɪç]/ num

The verdict

“fünfundvierzig” is an uncommon German word, ranked #87,720 in German word frequency and used as a numeral.

#87,720
frequency rank, German
14
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: die Kardinalzahl zwischen vierundvierzig und sechsundvierzig, welche mit dem Zahlzeichen 45 dargestellt wird

Key facts for fünfundvierzig
PropertyValue
Headwordfünfundvierzig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNumeral
IPA[ˈfʏnfʔʊntˌfɪʁt͡sɪç]
Letters14
Frequency rank#87,720
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “fünfundvierzig” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). fünfundvierzig lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for fünfundvierzig is 14 letters long, classified as a numeral, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfʏnfʔʊntˌfɪʁt͡sɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #87,720 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "die Kardinalzahl zwischen vierundvierzig und sechsundvierzig, welche mit dem Zahlzeichen 45 dargestellt wird".

No misspelling variants are generated for fünfundvierzig in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is fünfundvierzig, spelled F-Ü-N-F-U-N-D-V-I-E-R-Z-I-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Kardinalzahl zwischen vierundvierzig und sechsundvierzig, welche mit dem Zahlzeichen 45 dargestellt wird

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #87,720 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fünfundvierzig"?
"fünfundvierzig" is spelled F-Ü-N-F-U-N-D-V-I-E-R-Z-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfʏnfʔʊntˌfɪʁt͡sɪç].
What does "fünfundvierzig" mean?
As a numeral, "fünfundvierzig" means: die Kardinalzahl zwischen vierundvierzig und sechsundvierzig, welche mit dem Zahlzeichen 45 dargestellt wird
How do you pronounce "fünfundvierzig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fünfundvierzig" is [ˈfʏnfʔʊntˌfɪʁt͡sɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fünfundvierzig" come from?
"fünfundvierzig" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “fünfundvierzig”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is F-Ü-N-F-U-N-D-V-I-E-R-Z-I-G — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈfʏnfʔʊntˌfɪʁt͡sɪç] (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.