Phonograph
[fonoˈɡʁaːf]
The verdict
“Phonograph” 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) - technisches Gerät zur Aufzeichnung und Wiedergabe von Geräuschen/Tönen
Corpus desk
Index DE-phonograph · Phonograph · German
Phonograph · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Phonograph |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fonoˈɡʁaːf] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Phonograph“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Phonograph is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [fonoˈɡʁaːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "technisches Gerät zur Aufzeichnung und Wiedergabe von Geräuschen/Tönen".
Phonograph has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Phonograph, spelled P-H-O-N-O-G-R-A-P-H.
Definition
- 1technisches Gerät zur Aufzeichnung und Wiedergabe von Geräuschen/Tönen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Phonograph appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Es wird viel getrunken, die Zigaretten mit dem bläulichen Rauch sind selbstgedreht, man tanzt und singt bis zum Tagesanbruch, und nicht selten löst ein Klavierspieler den Phonographen ab.“
„Valentin stellt ein Phonograph auf einen Stuhl und sucht Platten hervor.“
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.