Germanium
[ɡɛʁˈmaːni̯ʊm]
The verdict
“Germanium” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 32, das zu den Halbmetallen zählt
Corpus desk
Index DE-germanium · Germanium · German
Germanium · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Germanium |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡɛʁˈmaːni̯ʊm] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Germanium“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Germanium is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡɛʁˈmaːni̯ʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 32, das zu den Halbmetallen zählt".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Germanium, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Germanium, spelled G-E-R-M-A-N-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 32, das zu den Halbmetallen zählt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Germanium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Germanium spielt als Halbleiter nur noch in der Hochfrequenztechnik eine Rolle.
„Es ist keine biologische Funktion für Germanium bekannt.“
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.