Pänultima
[pɛˈnʊltima]
The verdict
“Pänultima” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vorletzte Silbe des Wortes
Corpus desk
Index DE-panultima · Pänultima · German
Pänultima · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | Pänultima |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɛˈnʊltima] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Pänultima“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Pänultima is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɛˈnʊltima]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vorletzte Silbe des Wortes".
No misspelling variants are generated for Pänultima in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Pänultima, spelled P-Ä-N-U-L-T-I-M-A.
Definition
- 1vorletzte Silbe des Wortes
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Pänultima appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Pänultima ist in der Grammatik des Lateinischen von Bedeutung, da diese Silbe dann den Akzent des Wortes trägt, wenn sie lang ist; ist die Pänultima kurz, befindet sich der Akzent auf der Antepänultima, der drittletzten Silbe.
Antonyms
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.