tempern
[ˈtɛmpɐn]
The verdict
“tempern” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas dauerhaft erwärmen oder auch stark erhitzen, um es hierdurch zu verändern
Corpus desk
Index DE-tempern · tempern · German
tempern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | tempern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈtɛmpɐn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „tempern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
tempern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈtɛmpɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas dauerhaft erwärmen oder auch stark erhitzen, um es hierdurch zu verändern".
Zero misspellings are on record for tempern in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is tempern, spelled T-E-M-P-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1etwas dauerhaft erwärmen oder auch stark erhitzen, um es hierdurch zu verändern
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tempern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Solche Risse lassen sich vermeiden, indem das Werkstück vor der Bearbeitung in einem geeigneten Umluft-Wärmeschrank bei 80 °C getempert wird.“
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.