Präposition
[pʁɛpoziˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Präposition” is uncommon German (frequency #63,669 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,669
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unflektierbares Wort, das eine Ergänzung (in einem bestimmten Kasus) fordert
Corpus desk
Index DE-praposition · Präposition · German
Präposition · rank #63,669 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,669
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Prozessionen
Nearest frequency peer: Prozessionen (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Präposition“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Privatsamml…
Privatsammlung
36,336 corpus weight
- Prozessionen
Prozessionen
36,333 corpus weight
- Präposition
Präposition
36,332 corpus weight
- pusch
pusch
36,330 corpus weight
- pädophil
pädophil
36,329 corpus weight
- päpstlicher
päpstlicher
36,328 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Präposition“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Präposition |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁɛpoziˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #63,669 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Präposition“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Präposition is uncommon German at frequency #63,669 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pʁɛpoziˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Präposition doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Präposition, spelled P-R-Ä-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1unflektierbares Wort, das eine Ergänzung (in einem bestimmten Kasus) fordert
- 2unflektierbares Wort, das eine nachgestellte Ergänzung (in einem bestimmten Kasus, der von der Präposition „regiert“ wird) fordert
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Präposition appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Präposition „auf“ fordert in einem vollständigen Satz eine Ergänzung im Dativ oder Akkusativ, z. B. „auf dem Berg“, „auf den Berg“.
„Präpositionen wie Konjunktionen können eine Beziehung verallgemeinernd benennen.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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