Ölmalerei
[ˈøːlmaːləˌʁaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Ölmalerei” is uncommon German (frequency #87,332 among 53 “Ö” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,332
- frequency rank, German
- 53
- “Ö” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Gattung, die Technik des Malens mit Ölfarben
Corpus desk
Index DE-olmalerei · Ölmalerei · German
Ölmalerei · rank #87,332 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,332
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 53
- PHOTO-FINISH Ölbilder
Nearest frequency peer: Ölbilder (-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 „Ölmalerei“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- ätsch
ätsch
12,672 corpus weight
- Ölbilder
Ölbilder
12,670 corpus weight
- Ölmalerei
Ölmalerei
12,669 corpus weight
- Ölspur
Ölspur
12,668 corpus weight
- übelster
übelster
12,667 corpus weight
- überflügelt
überflügelt
12,666 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ölmalerei“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ölmalerei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈøːlmaːləˌʁaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #87,332 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ölmalerei“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ölmalerei is uncommon German at frequency #87,332 among 53 “Ö” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈøːlmaːləˌʁaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Ölmalerei has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Ölmalerei, spelled Ö-L-M-A-L-E-R-E-I.
Definition
- 1die Gattung, die Technik des Malens mit Ölfarben
- 2Bild, das mit Ölfarben gemalt wurde
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ölmalerei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Danach wollte er sich auch in der Ölmalerei versuchen.“
„Hinter den Statuen befinden sich Dutzende Höhlen, in denen nun ein japanisch-französisches Forscherteam die ältesten Ölmalereien der Welt identifiziert hat.“
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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