Parataxe
[paʁaˈtaksə]
The verdict
“Parataxe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Aneinanderreihung von Hauptsätzen oder anderen Ausdrücken
Corpus desk
Index DE-parataxe · Parataxe · German
Parataxe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Parataxe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paʁaˈtaksə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Parataxe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Parataxe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [paʁaˈtaksə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Aneinanderreihung von Hauptsätzen oder anderen Ausdrücken".
No misspelling variants are generated for Parataxe in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Parataxe, spelled P-A-R-A-T-A-X-E.
Definition
- 1eine Aneinanderreihung von Hauptsätzen oder anderen Ausdrücken
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Parataxe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Mooser ist krank. Er liegt im Bett." ist eine Parataxe.
„Wenn nun Texte, die ja (meist) aus mehreren Sätzen bestehen, vorwiegend aus aneinandergereihten, gleichgeordneten Sätzen bestehen, spricht man von Parataxe. Es ist dabei gleichgültig, ob es sich um kurze, aneinandergereihte Sätze oder um längere Perioden mit koordinierten Sätzen, Teilsätzen oder auch Satzgliedern handelt.“
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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.