Telefonapparat
[teləˈfoːnʔapaˌʁaːt]
The verdict
“Telefonapparat” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gerät, mit dem man telefonieren kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-telefonapparat · Telefonapparat · German
Telefonapparat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | Telefonapparat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [teləˈfoːnʔapaˌʁaːt] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Telefonapparat“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Telefonapparat is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [teləˈfoːnʔapaˌʁaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gerät, mit dem man telefonieren kann".
Telefonapparat has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Telefonapparat, spelled T-E-L-E-F-O-N-A-P-P-A-R-A-T.
Definition
- 1Gerät, mit dem man telefonieren kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Telefonapparat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wer auch nur wenige Tage im Besitz eines Telefonapparates ist, muss eine befremdende Feststellung machen.“
Synonyms
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.