Oszillation
[ɔst͡sɪlaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Oszillation” 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) - Schwingung eines Mediums oder Objekts
Corpus desk
Index DE-oszillation · Oszillation · German
Oszillation · 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 | Oszillation |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɔst͡sɪlaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Oszillation“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Oszillation is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɔst͡sɪlaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schwingung eines Mediums oder Objekts".
No misspelling variants are generated for Oszillation in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Oszillation, spelled O-S-Z-I-L-L-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Schwingung eines Mediums oder Objekts
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Oszillation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Oszillation des Pendels erfolgt mit zwei Schwingungen in der Sekunde.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.