operationale Definition

/[opəʁat͡si̯oˈnaːlə definiˈt͡si̯oːn]/ phrase

The verdict

“operationale Definition” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
23
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Definition durch Angabe eines Verfahrens, mit dem man zu den gesuchten Gegenständen kommt, die unter einen Begriff fallen sollen

Key facts for operationale Definition
PropertyValue
Headwordoperationale Definition
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[opəʁat͡si̯oˈnaːlə definiˈt͡si̯oːn]
Letters23
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “operationale Definition” sits in German frequency

operationale Definition falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for operationale Definition is 23 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [opəʁat͡si̯oˈnaːlə definiˈt͡si̯oːn]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Definition durch Angabe eines Verfahrens, mit dem man zu den gesuchten Gegenständen kommt, die unter einen Begriff fallen sollen".

No misspelling variants are generated for operationale Definition in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is operationale Definition, spelled O-P-E-R-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-E- -D-E-F-I-N-I-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    Definition durch Angabe eines Verfahrens, mit dem man zu den gesuchten Gegenständen kommt, die unter einen Begriff fallen sollen

Antonyms

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How do you spell "operationale Definition"?
"operationale Definition" is spelled O-P-E-R-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-E- -D-E-F-I-N-I-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [opəʁat͡si̯oˈnaːlə definiˈt͡si̯oːn].
What does "operationale Definition" mean?
As a phrase, "operationale Definition" means: Definition durch Angabe eines Verfahrens, mit dem man zu den gesuchten Gegenständen kommt, die unter einen Begriff fallen sollen
How do you pronounce "operationale Definition"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "operationale Definition" is [opəʁat͡si̯oˈnaːlə definiˈt͡si̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “operationale Definition”

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  • The one correct German spelling is O-P-E-R-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-E- -D-E-F-I-N-I-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [opəʁat͡si̯oˈnaːlə definiˈt͡si̯oːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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