ternär
[ˌtɛʁˈnɛːɐ̯]
The verdict
“ternär” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus drei Elementen bestehend
Corpus desk
Index DE-ternar · ternär · German
ternär · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | ternär |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˌtɛʁˈnɛːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ternär“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ternär is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌtɛʁˈnɛːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus drei Elementen bestehend".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ternär in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is ternär, spelled T-E-R-N-Ä-R.
Definition
- 1aus drei Elementen bestehend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ternär appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein Signal aus drei Zuständen bezeichnet man als ternäres Signal.“
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.