-phage
[ˈfaːɡə]
The verdict
“-phage” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - essen, fressen
Corpus desk
Index DE-phage · -phage · German
-phage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "-" 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 | -phage |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| IPA | [ˈfaːɡə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „-phage“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
-phage is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix, transcribed [ˈfaːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "essen, fressen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for -phage, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is -phage, spelled --P-H-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1essen, fressen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how -phage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Erythrophagen bauen rote Blutkörperchen ab.
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.