kontaminiert

[kɔntamiˈniːɐ̯t]

/[kɔntamiˈniːɐ̯t]/ adj

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The verdict

“kontaminiert” is uncommon German (frequency #52,215 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,215
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - verseucht, verschmutzt

Corpus desk

Index DE-kontaminiert · kontaminiert · German

kontaminiert · rank #52,215 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,215
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Konsumverhalt…

Nearest frequency peer: Konsumverhalten (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „kontaminiert“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „kontaminiert“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kontaminiert
PropertyValue
Headwordkontaminiert
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[kɔntamiˈniːɐ̯t]
Letters12
Frequency rank#52,215
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „kontaminiert“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).kontaminiertfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Konsumverhalten“ (#52,214), „Kopfgeld“ (#52,216), „Kollateralschaden“ (#52,213). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „kontaminiert“ bei #52,215. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kontaminiert is uncommon German at frequency #52,215 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kɔntamiˈniːɐ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "verseucht, verschmutzt".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for kontaminiert, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is kontaminiert, spelled K-O-N-T-A-M-I-N-I-E-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    verseucht, verschmutzt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how kontaminiert appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Kontaminierte Böden werden in der Regel entfernt.
  2. Akut wird aber in Japan niemand durch den Verzehr kontaminierter Nahrung an Strahlenfolgen sterben, so groß ist die radioaktive Belastung nicht.

Antonyms

dekontaminiert

This word in other languages

contaminated(English)contaminado(Español)contaminé(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kontaminiert"?
"kontaminiert" is spelled K-O-N-T-A-M-I-N-I-E-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [kɔntamiˈniːɐ̯t].
What does "kontaminiert" mean?
As an adjective, "kontaminiert" means: verseucht, verschmutzt
How do you pronounce "kontaminiert"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kontaminiert" is [kɔntamiˈniːɐ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kontaminiert", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hochgefahren#52,160Heimatländer#52,151misslungenen#52,280Mitbewerbern#52,282

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list