Präteritumform
[pʁɛˈteːʁitʊmˌfɔʁm]
The verdict
“Präteritumform” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - flektierte Form eines Verbs, die die Vergangenheit anzeigt
Corpus desk
Index DE-prateritumform · Präteritumform · German
Präteritumform · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | Präteritumform |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁɛˈteːʁitʊmˌfɔʁm] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Präteritumform“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Präteritumform is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pʁɛˈteːʁitʊmˌfɔʁm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "flektierte Form eines Verbs, die die Vergangenheit anzeigt".
Präteritumform doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Präteritumform, spelled P-R-Ä-T-E-R-I-T-U-M-F-O-R-M.
Definition
- 1flektierte Form eines Verbs, die die Vergangenheit anzeigt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Präteritumform appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Umlaut des Stammvokals im Konjunktiv II ist in Klammern hinter der Präteritumform angegeben.“
Synonyms
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.