Ornithologe
[ɔʁnitoˈloːɡə]
The verdict
“Ornithologe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die sich mit der Ornithologie befasst
Corpus desk
Index DE-ornithologe · Ornithologe · German
Ornithologe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | Ornithologe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɔʁnitoˈloːɡə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ornithologe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ornithologe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɔʁnitoˈloːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die sich mit der Ornithologie befasst".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Ornithologe, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Ornithologe, spelled O-R-N-I-T-H-O-L-O-G-E.
Definition
- 1Person, die sich mit der Ornithologie befasst
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ornithologe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ornithologen haben im brasilianischen Regenwald zwei neue Vogelarten entdeckt.
Zum Handwerkszeug des Ornithologen gehört unbedingt ein Fernglas.
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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.