Megatonne
[ˈmeːɡaˌtɔnə]
The verdict
“Megatonne” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Million Tonnen
Corpus desk
Index DE-megatonne · Megatonne · German
Megatonne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Megatonne |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmeːɡaˌtɔnə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Megatonne“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Megatonne is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmeːɡaˌtɔnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Million Tonnen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Megatonne, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Megatonne, spelled M-E-G-A-T-O-N-N-E.
Definition
- 1eine Million Tonnen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Megatonne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Kasatochi (Alaska, 2008), der Sarytschew (Russland, 2009) und der Nabro (Eritrea, 2011) schleuderten Schätzungen zufolge jeweils weit über eine Megatonne Schwefeldioxid (SO2) in die Atmosphäre.“
„Die Experten beim Militärfachmagazin Jane's Defence in London nehmen an, die JL-2 könne je nach Variante drei bis zehn MIRVs mit einer Explosionskraft von je 90 Kilotonnen TNT-Äquivalent befördern, oder eine einzelne Bombe mit bis zu einer Megatonne Sprengkaft.“
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.