Paternität
[patɛʁniˈtɛːt]
The verdict
“Paternität” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vaterschaft
Corpus desk
Index DE-paternitat · Paternität · German
Paternität · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Paternität |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [patɛʁniˈtɛːt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Paternität“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Paternität is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [patɛʁniˈtɛːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vaterschaft".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Paternität, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Paternität, spelled P-A-T-E-R-N-I-T-Ä-T.
Definition
- 1Vaterschaft
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Paternität appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Paternität dieses Kindes ist zweifelhaft.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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.