Sedimentierung
[zedimɛnˈtiːʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Sedimentierung” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sedimentierung ist das Ablagern/Absetzen von Teilchen aus Flüssigkeiten oder Gasen unter dem Einfluss der Schwerkraft und anderen Kräften, wie zum Beispiel der Fliehkraft in einer Zentrifuge.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sedimentierung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zedimɛnˈtiːʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sedimentierung” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Sedimentierung is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [zedimɛnˈtiːʁʊŋ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Sedimentierung ist das Ablagern/Absetzen von Teilchen aus Flüssigkeiten oder Gasen unter dem Einfluss der Schwerkraft und anderen Kräften, wie zum Beispiel der Fliehkraft in einer Zentrifuge.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Sedimentierung, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 Sedimentierung, spelled S-E-D-I-M-E-N-T-I-E-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Sedimentierung ist das Ablagern/Absetzen von Teilchen aus Flüssigkeiten oder Gasen unter dem Einfluss der Schwerkraft und anderen Kräften, wie zum Beispiel der Fliehkraft in einer Zentrifuge.
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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.
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Using “Sedimentierung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-E-D-I-M-E-N-T-I-E-R-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.