Prosodik
[pʁoˈzoːdɪk]
The verdict
“Prosodik” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Teilbereich der Phonologie, der sich mit den sprachlichen Merkmalen beschäftigt, die über einfache Phoneme hinausgehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-prosodik · Prosodik · German
Prosodik · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Prosodik |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁoˈzoːdɪk] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Prosodik“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Prosodik is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pʁoˈzoːdɪk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Prosodik, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Prosodik, spelled P-R-O-S-O-D-I-K.
Definition
- 1der Teilbereich der Phonologie, der sich mit den sprachlichen Merkmalen beschäftigt, die über einfache Phoneme hinausgehen
- 2die Eigenschaften des Sprechens, die über die einzelnen Laute/Phoneme hinausgehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Prosodik appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Prosodik untersucht phonetische Erscheinungen bzw. auditiv wahrnehmbare Merkmale, die nicht mit einem Einzellaut identifiziert werden können.“
„Über die Ergebnisse seiner Forschung im Bereich der Prosodik berichtet Dr. habil. Carl- L. Naumann in den sprechwissenschaftlichen Übungsräumen der Universität Duisburg KA 1-3. “
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.