präpositional
[pʁɛpozit͡si̯oˈnaːl]
The verdict
“präpositional” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf eine Präposition bezogen, unter Verwendung einer Präposition, nach Art einer Präposition
Corpus desk
Index DE-prapositional · präpositional · German
präpositional · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | präpositional |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [pʁɛpozit͡si̯oˈnaːl] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „präpositional“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
präpositional is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [pʁɛpozit͡si̯oˈnaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf eine Präposition bezogen, unter Verwendung einer Präposition, nach Art einer Präposition".
präpositional has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is präpositional, spelled P-R-Ä-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1auf eine Präposition bezogen, unter Verwendung einer Präposition, nach Art einer Präposition
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how präpositional appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Präpositionale Ausdrücke können in einem deutschen Satz etliche verschiedene Funktionen erfüllen.
„Im Deutschen kann man nicht genau sagen, wie viele Präpositionen existieren, es gibt viele Wendungen, die präpositional gebraucht werden.“
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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.