Periodikum
[peˈʁi̯oːdikʊm]
The verdict
“Periodikum” 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) - etwas, das regelmäßig (periodisch) erscheint, zum Beispiel ein Magazin
Corpus desk
Index DE-periodikum · Periodikum · German
Periodikum · 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 | Periodikum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [peˈʁi̯oːdikʊm] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Periodikum“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Periodikum is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [peˈʁi̯oːdikʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas, das regelmäßig (periodisch) erscheint, zum Beispiel ein Magazin".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Periodikum, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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 documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Periodikum, spelled P-E-R-I-O-D-I-K-U-M.
Definition
- 1etwas, das regelmäßig (periodisch) erscheint, zum Beispiel ein Magazin
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Periodikum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diese Zeitschrift ist ein Periodikum.
„Wieland wollte kein Periodikum für seine eigenen Belange und Interessen, seine literarischen und politischen Ansichten, einen Platz zum Vorabdruck seiner eigenen Werke etwa.“
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.