Marginalie
[maʁɡiˈnaːli̯ə]
The verdict
“Marginalie” 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) - Anmerkungen am Rand eines Buches oder einer Handschrift
Corpus desk
Index DE-marginalie · Marginalie · German
Marginalie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | Marginalie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maʁɡiˈnaːli̯ə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Marginalie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Marginalie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [maʁɡiˈnaːli̯ə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Marginalie in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Marginalie, spelled M-A-R-G-I-N-A-L-I-E.
Definition
- 1Anmerkungen am Rand eines Buches oder einer Handschrift
- 2Randtitel bei Gesetzesvorlagen oder Gesetzeserlassen
- 3etwas Unbedeutendes, etwas das nicht der Rede wert ist, etwas das nur am Rande Beachtung verdient
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Marginalie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Marginalien befinden sich häufig auf dem äußeren und seltener auf dem inneren Rand eines Buches.
„Marginalien unbekannter Verfasser in den Büchern von öffentlichen Bibliotheken und Sammlungen oder auch in ausgeliehenen Schulbüchern gelten … als Kritzeleien und meist nur als Ärgernis und Sachbeschädigung.“
This word in other languages
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.