markantesten

[maʁˈkantəstn̩]

/[maʁˈkantəstn̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“markantesten” is uncommon German (frequency #89,268 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,268
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs markant

Corpus desk

Index DE-markantesten · markantesten · German

markantesten · rank #89,268 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,268
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Manometer

Nearest frequency peer: Manometer (-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 „markantesten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for markantesten
PropertyValue
Headwordmarkantesten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[maʁˈkantəstn̩]
Letters12
Frequency rank#89,268
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „markantesten“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).markantestenfällt 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: „Manometer“ (#89,267), „manipulierbar“ (#89,265), „Maroni“ (#89,271). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „markantesten“ bei #89,268. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

markantesten is uncommon German at frequency #89,268 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [maʁˈkantəstn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for markantesten, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 markantesten, spelled M-A-R-K-A-N-T-E-S-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs markant
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs markant
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs markant
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs markant
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs markant
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs markant
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs markant
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs markant
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs markant
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs markant
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs markant
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs markant

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 "markantesten"?
"markantesten" is spelled M-A-R-K-A-N-T-E-S-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [maʁˈkantəstn̩].
What does "markantesten" mean?
As an adjective, "markantesten" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs markant
How do you pronounce "markantesten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "markantesten" is [maʁˈkantəstn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "markantesten" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

maschinelles#89,274logistischer#89,241Mittagssonne#89,309monatelanger#89,314

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list