Primel
[ˈpʁiːml̩]
The verdict
“Primel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf der Nordhalbkugel verbreitete, artenreiche, meist sommergrüne Pflanzengattung mit glockenförmigen Kelchblättern
Corpus desk
Index DE-primel · Primel · German
Primel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Primel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpʁiːml̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Primel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Primel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpʁiːml̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Primel, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Primel, spelled P-R-I-M-E-L.
Definition
- 1auf der Nordhalbkugel verbreitete, artenreiche, meist sommergrüne Pflanzengattung mit glockenförmigen Kelchblättern
- 2Vertreter der Pflanzengattung [1]
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Primel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bei der Standortwahl für die Primeln im Freien sollte man sich an den Bedingungen orientieren, die die natürlichen Standorte der Wildarten bieten.“
„Wählen Sie für die Primeln einen halbschattigen Standort.“
Synonyms
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.