obligat
[obliˈɡaːt]
The verdict
“obligat” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dazugehörig
Corpus desk
Index DE-obligat · obligat · German
obligat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" 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 | obligat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [obliˈɡaːt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „obligat“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
obligat is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [obliˈɡaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for obligat, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is obligat, spelled O-B-L-I-G-A-T.
Definition
- 1dazugehörig
- 2immer wieder zugleich geschehend
- 3als Begleitstimme selbstständig geführt und deshalb nicht weglassbar
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how obligat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es war der obligate Ablauf einer derartigen Veranstaltung.
Neben jener ausnahmsweisen Rolle hat aber doch der Schatten auch eine weit wichtigere und obligatere Rolle in der nachalexandrinischen Kunst gespielt.
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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.