Oszillator
[ɔst͡sɪˈlaːtoːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Oszillator” is uncommon German (frequency #97,481 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,481
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Objekt, das die Fähigkeit zur (harmonischen) Schwingung aufweist, zu deren Erzeugung oder Messung dient
Corpus desk
Index DE-oszillator · Oszillator · German
Oszillator · rank #97,481 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,481
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH ovaler
Nearest frequency peer: ovaler (+1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Oszillator“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- orly
orly
2,524 corpus weight
- Oscarverlei…
Oscarverleihung
2,523 corpus weight
- ostasiatisc…
ostasiatische
2,522 corpus weight
- Oszillator
Oszillator
2,520 corpus weight
- ovaler
ovaler
2,519 corpus weight
- overview
overview
2,518 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Oszillator“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Oszillator |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɔst͡sɪˈlaːtoːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #97,481 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Oszillator“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Oszillator is uncommon German at frequency #97,481 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɔst͡sɪˈlaːtoːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Objekt, das die Fähigkeit zur (harmonischen) Schwingung aufweist, zu deren Erzeugung oder Messung dient".
Zero misspellings are on record for Oszillator in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Oszillator, spelled O-S-Z-I-L-L-A-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1Objekt, das die Fähigkeit zur (harmonischen) Schwingung aufweist, zu deren Erzeugung oder Messung dient
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Oszillator appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In der klassischen Mechanik ist ein harmonischer Oszillator ein Teilchen, das einer anziehenden, zum Abstand von einem festen Punkt proportionalen Kraft unterworfen ist.
Eine Schwingung ist eine periodische oder sich repetierende Zustandsänderung eines physikalischen Systems. Ein schwingungsfähiges System bezeichnet man als Oszillator.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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