Latinum

[laˈtiːnʊm]

/[laˈtiːnʊm]/ noun

The verdict

“Latinum” is uncommon German (frequency #65,453 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,453
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - amtlicher Nachweis über Lateinkenntnisse

Corpus desk

Index DE-latinum · Latinum · German

Latinum · rank #65,453 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,453
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Laserpointer

Nearest frequency peer: Laserpointer (-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 „Latinum“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Latinum
PropertyValue
HeadwordLatinum
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[laˈtiːnʊm]
Letters7
Frequency rank#65,453
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Latinum“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Latinumfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Laserpointer“ (#65,452), „Latz“ (#65,454), „Landsmannschaft“ (#65,451). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „Latinum“ bei #65,453. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Latinum is uncommon German at frequency #65,453 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [laˈtiːnʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Latinum in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Latinum, spelled L-A-T-I-N-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    amtlicher Nachweis über Lateinkenntnisse
  2. 2
    die für [1] notwendigen Kenntnisse

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Für das Studium der Theologie ist das Latinum nötig.
  2. „Alle reden über kürzere Studienzeiten, aber Deutschlands zopfige Universitäten bauen einem Bildungsfossil ein Museum: Sie piesacken ihre Studenten mit dem Latinum und treiben sie in teure, zeitraubende Crashkurse.“

Antonyms

GraecumHebraicum

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 "Latinum"?
"Latinum" is spelled L-A-T-I-N-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is [laˈtiːnʊm].
What does "Latinum" mean?
As a noun, "Latinum" means: amtlicher Nachweis über Lateinkenntnisse
How do you pronounce "Latinum"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Latinum" is [laˈtiːnʊm]. 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 "Latinum", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list