Hyponym
[hypoˈnyːm]
The verdict
“Hyponym” 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) - Wort oder Lexem, das in einer untergeordneten Beziehung zu einem anderen Wort oder Lexem steht, jedoch in seiner Bedeutung differenzierter und merkmalreicher ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-hyponym · Hyponym · German
Hyponym · 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 | Hyponym |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [hypoˈnyːm] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hyponym“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hyponym is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [hypoˈnyːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hyponym appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Hund“ ist ein Hyponym von „Säugetier“.
„Riesenschnauzer“ ist ein Hyponym von „Hund“.
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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.