Plusquamperfekt
[ˈplʊskvampɛʁˌfɛkt]
The verdict
“Plusquamperfekt” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - eines der Tempora, das ein Geschehen zeitlich vor einem anderen, vergangenen Geschehen einordnet
Corpus desk
Index DE-plusquamperfekt · Plusquamperfekt · German
Plusquamperfekt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 | Plusquamperfekt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈplʊskvampɛʁˌfɛkt] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Plusquamperfekt” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Plusquamperfekt is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈplʊskvampɛʁˌfɛkt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eines der Tempora, das ein Geschehen zeitlich vor einem anderen, vergangenen Geschehen einordnet".
Plusquamperfekt doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Plusquamperfekt, spelled P-L-U-S-Q-U-A-M-P-E-R-F-E-K-T.
Definition
- 1eines der Tempora, das ein Geschehen zeitlich vor einem anderen, vergangenen Geschehen einordnet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Plusquamperfekt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nachdem das Flugzeug gelandet war, spielten die Passagiere Gitarre.“ Der temporale Nebensatz steht im Plusquamperfekt, da er sich vor dem Hauptsatz ereignete.
„Hatte gespielt“ ist eine Verbform im Plusquamperfekt.
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