Modaladverb
[moˈdaːlʔatˌvɛʁp]
The verdict
“Modaladverb” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Adverb, dessen Bedeutung die Art und Weise benennt, unter der ein Vorgang oder Zustand sich befindet.
Corpus desk
Index DE-modaladverb · Modaladverb · German
Modaladverb · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | Modaladverb |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [moˈdaːlʔatˌvɛʁp] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Modaladverb“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Modaladverb is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [moˈdaːlʔatˌvɛʁp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Adverb, dessen Bedeutung die Art und Weise benennt, unter der ein Vorgang oder Zustand sich befindet.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Modaladverb, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Modaladverb, spelled M-O-D-A-L-A-D-V-E-R-B.
Definition
- 1Adverb, dessen Bedeutung die Art und Weise benennt, unter der ein Vorgang oder Zustand sich befindet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Modaladverb appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Satz „Er war derart aufdringlich, dass ich ihn rauswerfen musste“ ist „derart“ ein Modaladverb. Man kann hier statt „derart“ auch das wohl meistverwendete Modaladverb „so“ einsetzen.
„Die Untersuchungen zu Modalverben, Modaladverbien und Modalausdrücken anderer Art sind Legion.“
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.