geostationär
[ˈɡeːoʃtat͡si̯oˌnɛːɐ̯]
The verdict
“geostationär” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - immer über dem gleichen Punkt des Äquators stehend; sich auf einer Kreisbahn in 35.786 Kilometer Höhe über dem Erdäquator befindend
Corpus desk
Index DE-geostationar · geostationär · German
geostationär · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | geostationär |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɡeːoʃtat͡si̯oˌnɛːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “geostationär” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
geostationär is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡeːoʃtat͡si̯oˌnɛːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "immer über dem gleichen Punkt des Äquators stehend; sich auf einer Kreisbahn in 35.786 Kilometer Höhe über dem Erdäquator befindend".
geostationär doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is geostationär, spelled G-E-O-S-T-A-T-I-O-N-Ä-R.
Definition
- 1immer über dem gleichen Punkt des Äquators stehend; sich auf einer Kreisbahn in 35.786 Kilometer Höhe über dem Erdäquator befindend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how geostationär appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Am häufigsten sind geostationäre Satelliten, welche vor allem zur Übertragung von Fernseh- und Rundfunkprogrammen dienen.“
„Da ein geostationärer Satellit von einem Beobachter auf der Erde aus gesehen stillsteht, bleiben der horizontale und der vertikale Sichtwinkel (Azimut und Elevation) konstant.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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