Pelargonie
[pelaʁˈɡoːni̯ə]
The verdict
“Pelargonie” 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) - Zierpflanze (Pelargonium) aus der Familie der Storchschnabelgewächse (Geraniaceae)
Corpus desk
Index DE-pelargonie · Pelargonie · German
Pelargonie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Pelargonie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pelaʁˈɡoːni̯ə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Pelargonie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Pelargonie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pelaʁˈɡoːni̯ə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zierpflanze (Pelargonium) aus der Familie der Storchschnabelgewächse (Geraniaceae)".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Pelargonie, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Pelargonie, spelled P-E-L-A-R-G-O-N-I-E.
Definition
- 1Zierpflanze (Pelargonium) aus der Familie der Storchschnabelgewächse (Geraniaceae)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Pelargonie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Was für schöne Farben diese Pelargonien haben!
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.