tense
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The verdict
“tense” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - angespannt werden, speziell weil man nervös ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-tense · tense · German
tense · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 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 | tense |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „tense“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
tense is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for tense in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is tense, spelled T-E-N-S-E.
Definition
- 1angespannt werden, speziell weil man nervös ist
- 2etwas anspannen, typischerweise einen Muskel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tense appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Her body tensed up.
Carefully stretch and then tense your muscles.
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.