Marinade
[maʁiˈnaːdə]
The verdict
“Marinade” is an uncommon German word, ranked #67,483 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #67,483
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - aus Öl, Essig und diversen Gewürzen zubereitete Flüssigkeit, in die Fisch oder Fleisch eingelegt werden
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Marinade |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maʁiˈnaːdə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #67,483 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Marinade” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Marinade is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maʁiˈnaːdə]. Corpus data places it at rank #67,483 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Marinade has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Marinade, spelled M-A-R-I-N-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1aus Öl, Essig und diversen Gewürzen zubereitete Flüssigkeit, in die Fisch oder Fleisch eingelegt werden
- 2Soße für Salate
- 3Fisch, der durch das Einlegen in einer Marinade konserviert worden ist
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-A-R-I-N-A-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [maʁiˈnaːdə] (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.