juxtaposition
[ˌd͡ʒʌkstəpəˈzɪʃ(ə)n]
The verdict
“juxtaposition” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nebeneinanderstellung, Gegenüberstellung
Corpus desk
Index DE-juxtaposition · juxtaposition · German
juxtaposition · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" 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 | juxtaposition |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌd͡ʒʌkstəpəˈzɪʃ(ə)n] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „juxtaposition“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
juxtaposition is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌd͡ʒʌkstəpəˈzɪʃ(ə)n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nebeneinanderstellung, Gegenüberstellung".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for juxtaposition, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 juxtaposition, spelled J-U-X-T-A-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Nebeneinanderstellung, Gegenüberstellung
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how juxtaposition appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"One may take two sheets of apparently the same thickness, and smoke-cure them in juxtaposition within the same house, only to find that one dries much more rapidly than the other."
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.