peri-
[peʁi]
The verdict
“peri-” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prefix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - um … herum, um, umher, über … hinaus
Corpus desk
Index DE-peri · peri- · German
peri- · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | peri- |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Prefix |
| IPA | [peʁi] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „peri-“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
peri- is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aprefix, transcribed [peʁi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "um … herum, um, umher, über … hinaus".
No generated misspelling entries exist for peri- in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is peri-, spelled P-E-R-I--.
Definition
- 1um … herum, um, umher, über … hinaus
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how peri- appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eine im Zeitraum um den Tod herum entstandene Verletzung wird perimortal genannt.
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.