Tangente
[taŋˈɡɛntə]
The verdict
“Tangente” is uncommon German (frequency #60,132 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,132
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gerade, die eine Kurve in einem Punkt berührt
Corpus desk
Index DE-tangente · Tangente · German
Tangente · rank #60,132 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,132
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH taka
Nearest frequency peer: taka (-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 „Tangente“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Tagesordnun…
Tagesordnungspunkt
39,872 corpus weight
- taj
taj
39,871 corpus weight
- taka
taka
39,870 corpus weight
- Tangente
Tangente
39,869 corpus weight
- Tantiemen
Tantiemen
39,868 corpus weight
- tarn
tarn
39,867 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Tangente“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tangente |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [taŋˈɡɛntə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #60,132 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Tangente“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Tangente is uncommon German at frequency #60,132 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [taŋˈɡɛntə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Tangente, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Tangente, spelled T-A-N-G-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Gerade, die eine Kurve in einem Punkt berührt
- 2Straße, die dicht an einem Gebiet vorbeiführt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Tangente appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Eine Gerade ist genau dann Sekante eines gegebenen Kreises, wenn der Abstand des Kreismittelpunkts von der Geraden kleiner ist als der Radius des Kreises. Bei gleichem Abstand und Radius wäre es eine Tangente.“
„Die Nürnberger Straße ist eine vierspurige Straße in Dresden. Sie ist ein Teilstück der südlichen Tangente des Dresdner Hauptstraßennetzes.“
This word in other languages
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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