Kompassnadel
[ˈkɔmpasˌnaːdl̩]
The verdict
“Kompassnadel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich zum magnetischen Nordpol ausrichtende eiserne Nadel eines Kompasses
Corpus desk
Index DE-kompassnadel · Kompassnadel · German
Kompassnadel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" 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 | Kompassnadel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɔmpasˌnaːdl̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kompassnadel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kompassnadel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɔmpasˌnaːdl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich zum magnetischen Nordpol ausrichtende eiserne Nadel eines Kompasses".
No misspelling variants are generated for Kompassnadel in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Kompassnadel, spelled K-O-M-P-A-S-S-N-A-D-E-L.
Definition
- 1sich zum magnetischen Nordpol ausrichtende eiserne Nadel eines Kompasses
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kompassnadel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dieser Effekt wird zum Beispiel beim magnetischen Kompass ausgenutzt, bei dem sich die Kompassnadel, ein magnetischer Dipol, nach dem Erdmagnetfeld ausrichtet.“
„Nach Überlieferungen soll der Chinese Huang Di 2634 v. Chr. den ersten Kompass verwendet haben. Ein Stück Magneteisenstein, das auf einem Bambusbrettchen in einer Wasserschale schwamm und sich in die Nord-Süd-Richtung ausrichtete, diente als Kompassnadel.“
Synonyms
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.