syntaktische Funktion

/[zynˌtaktɪʃə fʊŋkˈt͡si̯oːn]/ phrase

The verdict

“syntaktische Funktion” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
21
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Oberbegriff für die Rolle/Funktion, die Wortgruppen (Satzglieder) im Satz ausüben

Key facts for syntaktische Funktion
PropertyValue
Headwordsyntaktische Funktion
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[zynˌtaktɪʃə fʊŋkˈt͡si̯oːn]
Letters21
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “syntaktische Funktion” sits in German frequency

syntaktische Funktion falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for syntaktische Funktion is 21 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [zynˌtaktɪʃə fʊŋkˈt͡si̯oːn]. 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: "Oberbegriff für die Rolle/Funktion, die Wortgruppen (Satzglieder) im Satz ausüben".

No misspelling variants are generated for syntaktische Funktion in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is syntaktische Funktion, spelled S-Y-N-T-A-K-T-I-S-C-H-E- -F-U-N-K-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Oberbegriff für die Rolle/Funktion, die Wortgruppen (Satzglieder) im Satz ausüben

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "syntaktische Funktion"?
"syntaktische Funktion" is spelled S-Y-N-T-A-K-T-I-S-C-H-E- -F-U-N-K-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [zynˌtaktɪʃə fʊŋkˈt͡si̯oːn].
What does "syntaktische Funktion" mean?
As a phrase, "syntaktische Funktion" means: Oberbegriff für die Rolle/Funktion, die Wortgruppen (Satzglieder) im Satz ausüben
How do you pronounce "syntaktische Funktion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "syntaktische Funktion" is [zynˌtaktɪʃə fʊŋkˈt͡si̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "syntaktische Funktion" come from?
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Using “syntaktische Funktion”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is S-Y-N-T-A-K-T-I-S-C-H-E- -F-U-N-K-T-I-O-N — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [zynˌtaktɪʃə fʊŋkˈt͡si̯oːn] (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.