Gradpartikel
[ˈɡʁaːtpaʁˌtɪkl̩]
The verdict
“Gradpartikel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Partikel, die den Intensitätsgrad einer Eigenschaft oder eines Sachverhalts ausdrückt
Corpus desk
Index DE-gradpartikel · Gradpartikel · German
Gradpartikel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | Gradpartikel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁaːtpaʁˌtɪkl̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gradpartikel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gradpartikel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡʁaːtpaʁˌtɪkl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Gradpartikel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gradpartikel, spelled G-R-A-D-P-A-R-T-I-K-E-L.
Definition
- 1Partikel, die den Intensitätsgrad einer Eigenschaft oder eines Sachverhalts ausdrückt
- 2Partikel, die einen Gegenstand unter anderen auch möglichen besonders hervorhebt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gradpartikel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Begriff Gradpartikel wird in Duden. Die Grammatik. (2005) als bedeutungsgleich mit Steigerungspartikel und Intensitätspartikel dargestellt.
Zu den Gradpartikeln gehören u.a. "sehr", "wenig", "einigermaßen", "überaus", "zu".
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.