tertiären

[ˌtɛʁˈt͡si̯ɛːʁən]

/[ˌtɛʁˈt͡si̯ɛːʁən]/ adj

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The verdict

“tertiären” is uncommon German (frequency #67,779 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,779
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tertiär

Corpus desk

Index DE-tertiaren · tertiären · German

tertiären · rank #67,779 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,779
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tennisturnier

Nearest frequency peer: Tennisturnier (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „tertiären“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „tertiären“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tertiären
PropertyValue
Headwordtertiären
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˌtɛʁˈt͡si̯ɛːʁən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#67,779
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „tertiären“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).tertiärenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Tennisturnier“ (#67,778), „Teststrecke“ (#67,780), „templates“ (#67,777). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „tertiären“ bei #67,779. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tertiären is uncommon German at frequency #67,779 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌtɛʁˈt͡si̯ɛːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for tertiären in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 tertiären, spelled T-E-R-T-I-Ä-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tertiär
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tertiär
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tertiär
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tertiär
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tertiär
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tertiär
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tertiär
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tertiär
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tertiär
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tertiär
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tertiär
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tertiär

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tertiären"?
"tertiären" is spelled T-E-R-T-I-Ä-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌtɛʁˈt͡si̯ɛːʁən].
What does "tertiären" mean?
As an adjective, "tertiären" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tertiär
How do you pronounce "tertiären"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tertiären" is [ˌtɛʁˈt͡si̯ɛːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tertiären" come from?
"tertiären" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tertiären", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

templates#67,777umgehende#67,803subsidiär#67,753sträflich#67,751

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list