Pastinake
[pastiˈnaːkə]
The verdict
“Pastinake” 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) - eine Gattung in der Familie der Doldengewächse (Apiaceae)
Corpus desk
Index DE-pastinake · Pastinake · German
Pastinake · 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 | Pastinake |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pastiˈnaːkə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Pastinake“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Pastinake is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pastiˈnaːkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Pastinake, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Pastinake, spelled P-A-S-T-I-N-A-K-E.
Definition
- 1eine Gattung in der Familie der Doldengewächse (Apiaceae)
- 2fleischig, erdig aromatisch schmeckende und gelbe Speicherwurzel von [1]
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pastinake appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eine nahe Verwandte der Pastinake ist die Petersilie.
Pastinaken eignen sich mit ihren fettigen Ölen als Fleischersatz besonders gut.
Synonyms
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.