sanitäre

Name: sanitäre, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[zaniˈtɛːʁə]

/[zaniˈtɛːʁə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“sanitäre” is uncommon German (frequency #53,206 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,206
frequency rank, German: 107,600
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sanitär

Key facts for sanitäre
Property	Value
Headword	sanitäre
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[zaniˈtɛːʁə]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#53,206
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sanitäre” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sanitäre lands here:

#53,206

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sanitäre is uncommon German at frequency #53,206 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [zaniˈtɛːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for sanitäre in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is sanitäre, spelled S-A-N-I-T-Ä-R-E.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sanitär
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sanitär
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sanitär
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sanitär
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sanitär
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sanitär
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sanitär
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sanitär
9
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sanitär

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sanitäre"?

"sanitäre" is spelled S-A-N-I-T-Ä-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [zaniˈtɛːʁə].

What does "sanitäre" mean?

As an adjective, "sanitäre" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sanitär

How do you pronounce "sanitäre"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sanitäre" is [zaniˈtɛːʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "sanitäre" come from?

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Using “sanitäre”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct German spelling is S-A-N-I-T-Ä-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [zaniˈtɛːʁə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.