Paternoster
[patɐˈnɔstɐ]
The verdict
“Paternoster” is uncommon German (frequency #89,402 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,402
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wichtigstes Gebet des Christentums
Corpus desk
Index DE-paternoster · Paternoster · German
Paternoster · rank #89,402 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,402
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH password
Nearest frequency peer: password (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Paternoster“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- passer
passer
10,603 corpus weight
- Passform
Passform
10,602 corpus weight
- passing
passing
10,601 corpus weight
- password
password
10,600 corpus weight
- Paternoster
Paternoster
10,599 corpus weight
- pazifische
pazifische
10,595 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Paternoster“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Paternoster |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [patɐˈnɔstɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #89,402 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Paternoster“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Paternoster is uncommon German at frequency #89,402 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [patɐˈnɔstɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Paternoster in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Paternoster, spelled P-A-T-E-R-N-O-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1wichtigstes Gebet des Christentums
- 2mit Perlen besetzte Zählkette, die beim Rosenkranzgebet genutzt wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Paternoster appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Paternoster ist fester Bestandteil jedes Gottesdienstes.
„Sie sagten, selbst wenn sie ihre Rollen wüßten wie das Paternoster, würden sie sie gewiß vergessen, wenn sie ihn nicht in seinem Loch sähen.“
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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