Strukturwort
[ʃtʁʊkˈtuːɐ̯ˌvɔʁt]
The verdict
“Strukturwort” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wort, das keine lexikalische Bedeutung hat, sondern nur eine grammatische
Corpus desk
Index DE-strukturwort · Strukturwort · German
Strukturwort · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | Strukturwort |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃtʁʊkˈtuːɐ̯ˌvɔʁt] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Strukturwort“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Strukturwort is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃtʁʊkˈtuːɐ̯ˌvɔʁt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wort, das keine lexikalische Bedeutung hat, sondern nur eine grammatische".
Strukturwort doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Strukturwort, spelled S-T-R-U-K-T-U-R-W-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Wort, das keine lexikalische Bedeutung hat, sondern nur eine grammatische
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Strukturwort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zu den Strukturwörtern gehören im Deutschen die Konjunktionen und die Subjunktionen, die Artikel, Pronomen und Präpositionen.
„Die Abgrenzung zwischen den Strukturwörtern und den Inhaltswörtern mag zwar nicht wirklich trennscharf sein, außer man setzt schon eine bestimmte Logik voraus.“
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.