Glossem
[ɡlɔˈseːm]
The verdict
“Glossem” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleinste Struktureinheit des Sprachsystems (Langue), die auf der Ausdrucksseite als Keneme, auf der Seite der Bedeutung/des Inhalts als Plereme erscheinen
Corpus desk
Index DE-glossem · Glossem · German
Glossem · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Glossem |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡlɔˈseːm] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Glossem“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Glossem is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡlɔˈseːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Glossem in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 Glossem, spelled G-L-O-S-S-E-M.
Definition
- 1kleinste Struktureinheit des Sprachsystems (Langue), die auf der Ausdrucksseite als Keneme, auf der Seite der Bedeutung/des Inhalts als Plereme erscheinen
- 2bei Bloomfield Oberbegriff für die Tagmeme (= grammatischen Morpheme) und die lexikalischen Morpheme
- 3Anmerkung in alten Handschriften; Glosse
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Glossem appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Glossem ist eine Grundeinheit der Glossematik.
Glossem ist ein Begriff, der dem des Morphems in seiner weiten Bedeutung (sowohl grammatische als auch lexikalische Morpheme) entspricht.
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.