retroflexer
[ʁetʁoˈflɛksɐ]
The verdict
“retroflexer” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs retroflex
Corpus desk
Index DE-retroflexer · retroflexer · German
retroflexer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | retroflexer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ʁetʁoˈflɛksɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „retroflexer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
retroflexer is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʁetʁoˈflɛksɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for retroflexer in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is retroflexer, spelled R-E-T-R-O-F-L-E-X-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs retroflex
- 2Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs retroflex
- 3Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs retroflex
- 4Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs retroflex
- 5Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs retroflex
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.