Paterfamilias
[paːtɐfaˈmiːli̯as]
The verdict
“Paterfamilias” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männliche Person, die in einer Familie das Sagen hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-paterfamilias · Paterfamilias · German
Paterfamilias · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | Paterfamilias |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paːtɐfaˈmiːli̯as] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Paterfamilias“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Paterfamilias is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [paːtɐfaˈmiːli̯as]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "männliche Person, die in einer Familie das Sagen hat".
No misspelling variants are generated for Paterfamilias in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Paterfamilias, spelled P-A-T-E-R-F-A-M-I-L-I-A-S.
Definition
- 1männliche Person, die in einer Familie das Sagen hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Paterfamilias appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Umgeben von tollen Frauen – Géraldine Pailhas, Charlotte Rampling, Hanna Schygulla und allen voran Sophie Marceau – lauert in der Mitte, wie eine misslaunige alte Spinne, der Paterfamilias, gespielt von André Dussollier.“
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.