Parthenon
[ˈpaʁtenɔn]
The verdict
“Parthenon” 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) - griechischer Tempel auf der Akropolis in Athen
Corpus desk
Index DE-parthenon · Parthenon · German
Parthenon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Parthenon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpaʁtenɔn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Parthenon“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Parthenon is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpaʁtenɔn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "griechischer Tempel auf der Akropolis in Athen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Parthenon in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 Parthenon, spelled P-A-R-T-H-E-N-O-N.
Definition
- 1griechischer Tempel auf der Akropolis in Athen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Parthenon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er schlenderte durch weitere Räume, helle und luftige Räume mit griechischen Vasen und Figurinen, und dann, nachdem er eine doppelte Glastür aufgestoßen hatte, stand er plötzlich den Skulpturen des Parthenon gegenüber.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.