Rhesusaffe
[ˈʁeːzʊsˌʔafə]
The verdict
“Rhesusaffe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - eine Art der Makaken
Corpus desk
Index DE-rhesusaffe · Rhesusaffe · German
Rhesusaffe · 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 "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 | Rhesusaffe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁeːzʊsˌʔafə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Rhesusaffe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Rhesusaffe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁeːzʊsˌʔafə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Art der Makaken".
Rhesusaffe has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Rhesusaffe, spelled R-H-E-S-U-S-A-F-F-E.
Definition
- 1eine Art der Makaken
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Rhesusaffe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Jetzt sind es bereits drei: Nach Mensch und Schimpanse liegt mit dem Rhesusaffen das dritte entzifferte Erbgut eines Primaten vor. Es gewährt nicht nur Einblicke in die Evolution dieser Säugetierordnung, sondern zeigt auch, was den Mensch zum Menschen macht.“
„Dass dieses Charakteristikum des menschlichen Blutes auf Erkenntnisse aus Tierversuchen mit Affen zurückgeht, sagt schon der Name: Rhesusfaktor leitet sich vom Rhesusaffen (Macaca mulatta) ab. Diese Affen weisen den Faktor ebenfalls auf und der Name geht auf die Verwendung von Erythrozyten (rote Blutkörperchen) aus dem Blut von Rhesusaffen für die Gewinn…
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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.