kontaminierte

Name: kontaminierte, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[kɔntamiˈniːɐ̯tə]

/[kɔntamiˈniːɐ̯tə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“kontaminierte” is uncommon German (frequency #85,464 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,464
frequency rank, German: 55,078
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kontaminiert

Key facts for kontaminierte
Property	Value
Headword	kontaminierte
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[kɔntamiˈniːɐ̯tə]
Letters	13
Frequency rank	#85,464
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “kontaminierte” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). kontaminierte lands here:

#85,464

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kontaminierte is uncommon German at frequency #85,464 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kɔntamiˈniːɐ̯tə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for kontaminierte, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is kontaminierte, spelled K-O-N-T-A-M-I-N-I-E-R-T-E.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kontaminiert
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kontaminiert
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kontaminiert
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kontaminiert
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kontaminiert
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kontaminiert
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kontaminiert
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kontaminiert
9
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kontaminiert

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 "kontaminierte"?

"kontaminierte" is spelled K-O-N-T-A-M-I-N-I-E-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [kɔntamiˈniːɐ̯tə].

What does "kontaminierte" mean?

As an adjective, "kontaminierte" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kontaminiert

How do you pronounce "kontaminierte"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kontaminierte" is [kɔntamiˈniːɐ̯tə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "kontaminierte" come from?

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Using “kontaminierte”

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

The one correct German spelling is K-O-N-T-A-M-I-N-I-E-R-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [kɔntamiˈniːɐ̯tə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.