paranormal
[ˌpaʁanɔʁˈmaːl]
The verdict
“paranormal” is uncommon German (frequency #97,493 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,493
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jenseits oder außerhalb des Normalen, sich nicht auf natürliche Weise erklären lassend
Corpus desk
Index DE-paranormal · paranormal · German
paranormal · rank #97,493 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,493
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Panzerglas
Nearest frequency peer: Panzerglas (-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 „paranormal“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- panischen
panischen
2,511 corpus weight
- Pantomimen
Pantomimen
2,510 corpus weight
- Panzerglas
Panzerglas
2,509 corpus weight
- paranormal
paranormal
2,508 corpus weight
- parasitären
parasitären
2,507 corpus weight
- parish
parish
2,506 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „paranormal“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paranormal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˌpaʁanɔʁˈmaːl] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #97,493 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „paranormal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
paranormal is uncommon German at frequency #97,493 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌpaʁanɔʁˈmaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jenseits oder außerhalb des Normalen, sich nicht auf natürliche Weise erklären lassend".
paranormal doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 paranormal, spelled P-A-R-A-N-O-R-M-A-L.
Definition
- 1jenseits oder außerhalb des Normalen, sich nicht auf natürliche Weise erklären lassend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how paranormal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hat ein Buch über paranormale Phänomene geschrieben.
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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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