präterital
[pʁɛteʁiˈtaːl]
The verdict
“präterital” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - die Zeitform Präteritum betreffend, unter Verwendung des Präteritums
Corpus desk
Index DE-praterital · präterital · German
präterital · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | präterital |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [pʁɛteʁiˈtaːl] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „präterital“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
präterital is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [pʁɛteʁiˈtaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Zeitform Präteritum betreffend, unter Verwendung des Präteritums".
Zero misspellings are on record for präterital in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 präterital, spelled P-R-Ä-T-E-R-I-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1die Zeitform Präteritum betreffend, unter Verwendung des Präteritums
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how präterital appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der indikativische präteritale Flexionsstamm wird bei regelmäßigen Verben sowie bei den unregelmäßigen Verben backen, mahlen, salzen, sollen, spalten und wollen durch Hinzufügen des Präteritalsuffixes te zum indikativischen präsentischen Flexionsstamm gebildet.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.