Oxymoron
[ɔˈksyːmoʁɔn]
The verdict
“Oxymoron” is uncommon German (frequency #89,388 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,388
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sprachliche Konstruktion (rhetorische Figur), die aussieht wie ein Widerspruch in sich innerhalb eines Worts oder bei Wortkombinationen
Corpus desk
Index DE-oxymoron · Oxymoron · German
Oxymoron · rank #89,388 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,388
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH Ostersamstag
Nearest frequency peer: Ostersamstag (-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 „Oxymoron“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Ortskerns
Ortskerns
10,615 corpus weight
- Ostersamstag
Ostersamstag
10,614 corpus weight
- Oxymoron
Oxymoron
10,613 corpus weight
- pago
pago
10,612 corpus weight
- pala
pala
10,611 corpus weight
- Palmengarten
Palmengarten
10,610 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Oxymoron“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Oxymoron |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɔˈksyːmoʁɔn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #89,388 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Oxymoron“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Oxymoron is uncommon German at frequency #89,388 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɔˈksyːmoʁɔn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Oxymoron, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Oxymoron, spelled O-X-Y-M-O-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1sprachliche Konstruktion (rhetorische Figur), die aussieht wie ein Widerspruch in sich innerhalb eines Worts oder bei Wortkombinationen
- 2(scheinbar) sich selbst widersprechende Aussage ohne rhetorischen Anspruch; eine so bezeichnete Sache
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Oxymoron appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„süßsauer“, „scharfsinniger Unsinn“, „virtuelle Realität“ oder „Bürgeradel“ sind Beispiele für beide Formen von Oxymora.
Die deutsche Redewendung „alter Knabe“ ist ein Oxymoron.
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Antonyms
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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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