Ontogenie
[ɔntoɡeˈniː]
The verdict
“Ontogenie” 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) - Entwicklungsgeschichte eines einzelnen Organismus von der befruchteten Eizelle zum geschlechtsreifen Organismus
Corpus desk
Index DE-ontogenie · Ontogenie · German
Ontogenie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Ontogenie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɔntoɡeˈniː] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ontogenie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ontogenie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɔntoɡeˈniː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Entwicklungsgeschichte eines einzelnen Organismus von der befruchteten Eizelle zum geschlechtsreifen Organismus".
Zero misspellings are on record for Ontogenie in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Ontogenie, spelled O-N-T-O-G-E-N-I-E.
Definition
- 1Entwicklungsgeschichte eines einzelnen Organismus von der befruchteten Eizelle zum geschlechtsreifen Organismus
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ontogenie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Ontogenie oder Entwickelungsgeschichte der organischen Individuen ist die gesamte Wissenschaft von den Formveränderungen, welche die Bionten oder physiologischen Individuen während der ganzen Zeit ihrer individuellen Existenz durchlaufen, von ihrer Entstehung an bis zu ihrer Vernichtung.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
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.