Spätzeit
[ˈʃpɛːtˌt͡saɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Spätzeit” is uncommon German (frequency #97,731 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,731
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zeitraum, der die Endphase von etwas (beispielsweise einer Entwicklung) darstellt
Corpus desk
Index DE-spatzeit · Spätzeit · German
Spätzeit · rank #97,731 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,731
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH spröden
Nearest frequency peer: spröden (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Spätzeit“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Sportgericht
Sportgericht
2,272 corpus weight
- spröden
spröden
2,271 corpus weight
- Spätzeit
Spätzeit
2,270 corpus weight
- Spätzünder
Spätzünder
2,269 corpus weight
- Spötter
Spötter
2,268 corpus weight
- SSSR
SSSR
2,266 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Spätzeit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Spätzeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpɛːtˌt͡saɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #97,731 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Spätzeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Spätzeit is uncommon German at frequency #97,731 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpɛːtˌt͡saɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zeitraum, der die Endphase von etwas (beispielsweise einer Entwicklung) darstellt".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Spätzeit in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Spätzeit, spelled S-P-Ä-T-Z-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Zeitraum, der die Endphase von etwas (beispielsweise einer Entwicklung) darstellt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Spätzeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Natürlich gab es in der Spätzeit Altösterreichs nicht nur nationale Kräfte.“
Antonyms
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.
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