Podometer
[podoˈmeːtɐ]
The verdict
“Podometer” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gerät zur Zählung der gemachten Schritte
Corpus desk
Index DE-podometer · Podometer · German
Podometer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Podometer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [podoˈmeːtɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Podometer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Podometer is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [podoˈmeːtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gerät zur Zählung der gemachten Schritte".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Podometer in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Podometer, spelled P-O-D-O-M-E-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Gerät zur Zählung der gemachten Schritte
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Podometer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er beschäftigte sich am Tage eifrig mit seinen Privatinteressen und hielt sich viel in Bewegung, indem er dem Zeiger am Podometer zufolge nicht weniger als 3–4000 Schritte täglich im Durchschnitt machte.“
„Zur Messung der zurückgelegten Distanzen benützte ich eine Zeitlang Podometer (Schrittzähler); da ich zwei mit mir trug und sie täglich wiederholt kontrollierte, erkannte ich bald, dass diese Instrumente ganz unzuverlässig sind.“
Synonyms
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.