Theophanie
[teofaˈniː]
The verdict
“Theophanie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Selbstoffenbarung Gottes in Natur und menschlicher Vernunft beziehungsweise in Außen- und Innenwelt
Corpus desk
Index DE-theophanie · Theophanie · German
Theophanie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Theophanie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [teofaˈniː] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Theophanie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Theophanie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [teofaˈniː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Selbstoffenbarung Gottes in Natur und menschlicher Vernunft beziehungsweise in Außen- und Innenwelt".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Theophanie, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Theophanie, spelled T-H-E-O-P-H-A-N-I-E.
Definition
- 1Selbstoffenbarung Gottes in Natur und menschlicher Vernunft beziehungsweise in Außen- und Innenwelt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Theophanie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Kurz: es fehlt die Beziehung zu dem Transzendenten, die Theophanie – ein Mangel, der in unserer technisierten Welt besonders bitter ist.“ […] „Wie kann diese Bitte des Moses erfüllt werden, wie kann sich eine wirkliche Begegnung mit Gott, also eine Theophanie, im Gottesdienst vollziehen?“
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.