Obsoleszenz
[ɔpzolɛsˈt͡sɛnt͡s]
The verdict
“Obsoleszenz” is uncommon German (frequency #93,375 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,375
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Veralten, die Veralterung, das Obsoletwerden (Obsolet-Werden)
Corpus desk
Index DE-obsoleszenz · Obsoleszenz · German
Obsoleszenz · rank #93,375 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,375
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH Oberpräsident…
Nearest frequency peer: Oberpräsidenten (-2 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 „Obsoleszenz“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Oberflächen…
Oberflächenspannung
6,631 corpus weight
- Oberkommand…
Oberkommandos
6,629 corpus weight
- Oberpräside…
Oberpräsidenten
6,628 corpus weight
- Obsoleszenz
Obsoleszenz
6,626 corpus weight
- Ohre
Ohre
6,624 corpus weight
- Ohrmuschel
Ohrmuschel
6,623 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Obsoleszenz“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Obsoleszenz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɔpzolɛsˈt͡sɛnt͡s] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #93,375 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Obsoleszenz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Obsoleszenz is uncommon German at frequency #93,375 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɔpzolɛsˈt͡sɛnt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das Veralten, die Veralterung, das Obsoletwerden (Obsolet-Werden)".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Obsoleszenz, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Obsoleszenz, spelled O-B-S-O-L-E-S-Z-E-N-Z.
Definition
- 1das Veralten, die Veralterung, das Obsoletwerden (Obsolet-Werden)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Obsoleszenz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auch in der Folgezeit erwiesen sich Büromaschinen und EDV-Anlagen als Wegbereiter der gesamten Leasingbranche, denn vielen Anwendern war das Risiko der schnellen technischen Obsoleszenz durch relativ raschen Generationswechsel bei diesen Geräten zu groß, weshalb sie häufig das Mieten dem Kauf vorzogen.“
Die Verfügbarkeit von Daten muss auch bei Obsoleszenz der Speichermedien gewährleistet sein.
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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