Hyponym
[hypoˈnyːm]
The verdict
“Hyponym” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Wort oder Lexem, das in einer untergeordneten Beziehung zu einem anderen Wort oder Lexem steht, jedoch in seiner Bedeutung differenzierter und merkmalreicher ist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hyponym |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [hypoˈnyːm] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hyponym” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Hyponym is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [hypoˈnyːm]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Wort oder Lexem, das in einer untergeordneten Beziehung zu einem anderen Wort oder Lexem steht, jedoch in seiner Bedeutung differenzierter und merkmalreicher ist".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Hyponym, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Hyponym, spelled H-Y-P-O-N-Y-M.
Definition
- 1Wort oder Lexem, das in einer untergeordneten Beziehung zu einem anderen Wort oder Lexem steht, jedoch in seiner Bedeutung differenzierter und merkmalreicher ist
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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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Using “Hyponym”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-Y-P-O-N-Y-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [hypoˈnyːm] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.