Teleportation
[ˈteləpɔʁtaˌt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Teleportation” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - theoretischer Transport eines Teilchens, eines Gegenstandes oder einer Person von einem Ort zu einem anderen ohne den Raum dazwischen zu durchqueren
Corpus desk
Index DE-teleportation · Teleportation · German
Teleportation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | Teleportation |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈteləpɔʁtaˌt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Teleportation“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Teleportation is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈteləpɔʁtaˌt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "theoretischer Transport eines Teilchens, eines Gegenstandes oder einer Person von einem Ort zu einem anderen ohne den Raum dazwischen zu durchqueren".
Teleportation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Teleportation, spelled T-E-L-E-P-O-R-T-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1theoretischer Transport eines Teilchens, eines Gegenstandes oder einer Person von einem Ort zu einem anderen ohne den Raum dazwischen zu durchqueren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Teleportation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Teleportation makroskopischer Objekte ist ein altes Thema in Mythen, Märchen und Legenden sowie in der Fantasy und Science-Fiction-Literatur.
„Anders als in der fantastischen Literatur kann Teleportation in der Wirklichkeit nur zwischen Quantenobjekten gelingen.“
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.