tangential
[taŋɡɛnˈt͡si̯aːl]
The verdict
“tangential” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (als Gerade) eine Kurve in einem Punkt berührend
Corpus desk
Index DE-tangential · tangential · German
tangential · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | tangential |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [taŋɡɛnˈt͡si̯aːl] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „tangential“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
tangential is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [taŋɡɛnˈt͡si̯aːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(als Gerade) eine Kurve in einem Punkt berührend".
Zero misspellings are on record for tangential in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is tangential, spelled T-A-N-G-E-N-T-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1(als Gerade) eine Kurve in einem Punkt berührend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tangential appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Geschwindigkeitsvektor eines sich auf einer Kreisbahn bewegenden Körpers ist zu dieser tangential.
Eine Tangentialkraft wirkt tangential zur Bahnkurve eines bewegten Körpers.
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.