Petrikirche
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The verdict
“Petrikirche” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gotteshaus zu Ehren des Apostels Petrus ^(→ WP), das für Gottesdienste genutzt wird
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Index DE-petrikirche · Petrikirche · German
Petrikirche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Petrikirche |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Petrikirche“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Petrikirche is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gotteshaus zu Ehren des Apostels Petrus ^(→ WP), das für Gottesdienste genutzt wird".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Petrikirche in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Petrikirche, spelled P-E-T-R-I-K-I-R-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Gotteshaus zu Ehren des Apostels Petrus ^(→ WP), das für Gottesdienste genutzt wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Petrikirche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Am 25. April 1793 wurde er zum Prediger der Petrikirche gewählt. Am 15. Mai 1821 stieg er zum (Haupt)pastor der Petrikirche auf.“
„Archäologen hatten dort [Petriplatz] Reste der über die Jahrhunderte entstandenen verschiedenen Petrikirchen und einer Lateinschule entdeckt.“
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.