Holozän
[ˌholoˈt͡sɛːn]
The verdict
“Holozän” 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) - die jüngste (gegenwärtige) Epoche der Erdgeschichte
Corpus desk
Index DE-holozan · Holozän · German
Holozän · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | Holozän |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌholoˈt͡sɛːn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Holozän“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Holozän is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌholoˈt͡sɛːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die jüngste (gegenwärtige) Epoche der Erdgeschichte".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Holozän, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Holozän, spelled H-O-L-O-Z-Ä-N.
Definition
- 1die jüngste (gegenwärtige) Epoche der Erdgeschichte
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Holozän appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Holozän folgte dem Pleistozän.
„Pleistozän und Holozän bilden zusammen die vor 2,6 Millionen Jahren beginnende Periode des Quartärs.“
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.