Präkambrium
[pʁɛˈkambʁiʊm]
The verdict
“Präkambrium” 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 May 6, 2026) - die Zeit vor dem Erdzeitalter des Kambriums und damit eine zusammenfassende Bezeichnung für die erdgeschichtlichen Äonen Hadaikum, Archaikum und Proterozoikum (von circa 4600 bis etwa 542 Millionen...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Präkambrium |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁɛˈkambʁiʊm] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Präkambrium” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Präkambrium is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pʁɛˈkambʁiʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Zeit vor dem Erdzeitalter des Kambriums und damit eine zusammenfassende Bezeichnung für die erdgeschichtlichen Äonen Hadaikum, Archaikum und Proterozoikum (von circa 4600 bis etwa 542 Millionen...".
Zero misspellings are on record for Präkambrium in our index, 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Präkambrium, spelled P-R-Ä-K-A-M-B-R-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1die Zeit vor dem Erdzeitalter des Kambriums und damit eine zusammenfassende Bezeichnung für die erdgeschichtlichen Äonen Hadaikum, Archaikum und Proterozoikum (von circa 4600 bis etwa 542 Millionen Jahren vor heute)
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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.
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Using “Präkambrium”
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- The one correct German spelling is P-R-Ä-K-A-M-B-R-I-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pʁɛˈkambʁiʊm] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.