Prähistorie
[ˈpʁɛːhɪsˌtoːʁiə]
The verdict
“Prähistorie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zeitraum, der vor dem Beginn der schriftlichen Geschichtsaufzeichnung (in Mitteleuropa) liegt
Corpus desk
Index DE-prahistorie · Prähistorie · German
Prähistorie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | Prähistorie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpʁɛːhɪsˌtoːʁiə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Prähistorie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Prähistorie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpʁɛːhɪsˌtoːʁiə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zeitraum, der vor dem Beginn der schriftlichen Geschichtsaufzeichnung (in Mitteleuropa) liegt".
Prähistorie has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Prähistorie, spelled P-R-Ä-H-I-S-T-O-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Zeitraum, der vor dem Beginn der schriftlichen Geschichtsaufzeichnung (in Mitteleuropa) liegt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Prähistorie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Ausstellung zeigt die Entwicklung der Tierwelt von der Prähistorie bis zur Gegenwart.
Synonyms
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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.