Ordinate
[ɔʁdiˈnaːtə]
The verdict
“Ordinate” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Funktionswert eines Datenpunktes
Corpus desk
Index DE-ordinate · Ordinate · German
Ordinate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Ordinate |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɔʁdiˈnaːtə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ordinate“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ordinate is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɔʁdiˈnaːtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Ordinate in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Ordinate, spelled O-R-D-I-N-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Funktionswert eines Datenpunktes
- 2Achse eines kartesischen Koordinatensystems, auf der die Funktionswerte einer Funktion aufgetragen sind
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ordinate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Abszisse des Scheitelpunkts beträgt −5, die Ordinate 3.
In einem Weg-Zeit-Diagramm ist meist der Weg auf der Ordinate dargestellt.
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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.