Septime
[zɛpˈtiːmə]
The verdict
“Septime” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - „siebenter Ton der diatonischen Tonleiter“
Corpus desk
Index DE-septime · Septime · German
Septime · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | Septime |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zɛpˈtiːmə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Septime“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Septime is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [zɛpˈtiːmə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Septime in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Septime, spelled S-E-P-T-I-M-E.
Definition
- 1„siebenter Ton der diatonischen Tonleiter“
- 2„Intervall von sieben Tönen“
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Septime appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die verminderten Terzen, die kleinen Septimen verschleifen sich über das Baumwollfeld bis zum Farmhaus hin.“
„Dann aber erhob sich mit einem Male ein förmlicher Sturm, aus dem Orchester schollen chromatische Tonleitern und Akkorde in der kleinen Septime, und nun liefen alle wieder durcheinander und schleppten einen der Leute auf der Bühne hinter die Kulissen, und der Vorhang fiel.“
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.