Kompositum
[kɔmˈpoːzitʊm]
The verdict
“Kompositum” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wort, das zwei oder mehr lexikalische Morpheme enthält
Corpus desk
Index DE-kompositum · Kompositum · German
Kompositum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Kompositum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɔmˈpoːzitʊm] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kompositum“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kompositum is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔmˈpoːzitʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kompositum, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Kompositum, spelled K-O-M-P-O-S-I-T-U-M.
Definition
- 1Wort, das zwei oder mehr lexikalische Morpheme enthält
- 2Medikament mit mehreren Wirkstoffen
- 3kleinster gemeinsamer Oberkörper zweier Körper
- 4zusammengesetztes Mikroskop
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kompositum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dampfschiff“ ist ein Kompositum aus „Dampf“ und „Schiff“.
„Determinativkomposita und Komposita mit unikalen Morphemen mit einer gemeinsamen Konstituente werden gegenübergestellt, um unikale Morpheme zu isolieren…“
Synonyms
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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.