Periodendauer
[peˈʁi̯oːdn̩ˌdaʊ̯ɐ]
The verdict
“Periodendauer” 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) - kürzeste Dauer eines sich zeitlich periodisch wiederholenden Vorgangs
Corpus desk
Index DE-periodendauer · Periodendauer · German
Periodendauer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | Periodendauer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [peˈʁi̯oːdn̩ˌdaʊ̯ɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Periodendauer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Periodendauer is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [peˈʁi̯oːdn̩ˌdaʊ̯ɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kürzeste Dauer eines sich zeitlich periodisch wiederholenden Vorgangs".
Periodendauer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Periodendauer, spelled P-E-R-I-O-D-E-N-D-A-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1kürzeste Dauer eines sich zeitlich periodisch wiederholenden Vorgangs
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Periodendauer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Periodendauer der Netzfrequenz beträgt 20 ms.
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.