Poinsettie
[pɔɪ̯nˈzɛti̯ə]
The verdict
“Poinsettie” 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) - Wolfsmilchgewächs aus Mexiko und Südamerika mit auffallend roten Blättern; Trivialname für Euphorbia pulcherrima
Corpus desk
Index DE-poinsettie · Poinsettie · German
Poinsettie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Poinsettie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɔɪ̯nˈzɛti̯ə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Poinsettie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Poinsettie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɔɪ̯nˈzɛti̯ə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wolfsmilchgewächs aus Mexiko und Südamerika mit auffallend roten Blättern; Trivialname für Euphorbia pulcherrima".
Zero misspellings are on record for Poinsettie in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Poinsettie, spelled P-O-I-N-S-E-T-T-I-E.
Definition
- 1Wolfsmilchgewächs aus Mexiko und Südamerika mit auffallend roten Blättern; Trivialname für Euphorbia pulcherrima
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Poinsettie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Poinsettie wird heute hauptsächlich von Gärtnern so bezeichnet.
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.