Katalaunische Felder

/[kataˈlaʊ̯nɪʃə ˈfɛldɐ]/ name

The verdict

“Katalaunische Felder” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
20
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Ebene zwischen Châlons-en-Champagne und Troyes, auf der im Jahr 451 die für Römer und Westgoten siegreiche Schlacht mit den Hunnen unter Attila stattfand

Key facts for Katalaunische Felder
PropertyValue
HeadwordKatalaunische Felder
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[kataˈlaʊ̯nɪʃə ˈfɛldɐ]
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Katalaunische Felder” sits in German frequency

Katalaunische Felder falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Katalaunische Felder is 20 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kataˈlaʊ̯nɪʃə ˈfɛldɐ]. 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: "Ebene zwischen Châlons-en-Champagne und Troyes, auf der im Jahr 451 die für Römer und Westgoten siegreiche Schlacht mit den Hunnen unter Attila stattfand".

No misspelling variants are generated for Katalaunische Felder in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Katalaunische Felder, spelled K-A-T-A-L-A-U-N-I-S-C-H-E- -F-E-L-D-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ebene zwischen Châlons-en-Champagne und Troyes, auf der im Jahr 451 die für Römer und Westgoten siegreiche Schlacht mit den Hunnen unter Attila stattfand

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Katalaunische Felder"?
"Katalaunische Felder" is spelled K-A-T-A-L-A-U-N-I-S-C-H-E- -F-E-L-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [kataˈlaʊ̯nɪʃə ˈfɛldɐ].
What does "Katalaunische Felder" mean?
As a proper noun, "Katalaunische Felder" means: Ebene zwischen Châlons-en-Champagne und Troyes, auf der im Jahr 451 die für Römer und Westgoten siegreiche Schlacht mit den Hunnen unter Attila stattfand
How do you pronounce "Katalaunische Felder"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Katalaunische Felder" is [kataˈlaʊ̯nɪʃə ˈfɛldɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Katalaunische Felder" come from?
"Katalaunische Felder" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Katalaunische Felder”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is K-A-T-A-L-A-U-N-I-S-C-H-E- -F-E-L-D-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [kataˈlaʊ̯nɪʃə ˈfɛldɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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