Tinktur
[tɪŋkˈtuːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Tinktur” is uncommon German (frequency #68,758 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,758
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dünnflüssiger Auszug aus pflanzlichen oder tierischen Grundstoffen, der mit Äther, Spiritus aethereus, Azeton, Wasser oder Weingeist hergestellt wurde
Corpus desk
Index DE-tinktur · Tinktur · German
Tinktur · rank #68,758 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,758
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Tiernahrung
Nearest frequency peer: Tiernahrung (-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 „Tinktur“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Tibeter
Tibeter
31,246 corpus weight
- tickende
tickende
31,245 corpus weight
- Tiernahrung
Tiernahrung
31,244 corpus weight
- Tinktur
Tinktur
31,243 corpus weight
- Tokioter
Tokioter
31,241 corpus weight
- Torbogen
Torbogen
31,240 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Tinktur“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tinktur |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tɪŋkˈtuːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,758 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Tinktur“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Tinktur is uncommon German at frequency #68,758 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [tɪŋkˈtuːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dünnflüssiger Auszug aus pflanzlichen oder tierischen Grundstoffen, der mit Äther, Spiritus aethereus, Azeton, Wasser oder Weingeist hergestellt wurde".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Tinktur, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Tinktur, spelled T-I-N-K-T-U-R.
Definition
- 1dünnflüssiger Auszug aus pflanzlichen oder tierischen Grundstoffen, der mit Äther, Spiritus aethereus, Azeton, Wasser oder Weingeist hergestellt wurde
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Tinktur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auch in der Medizin werden die verschiedensten Tinkturen verwendet.
„Auch das als Tinktur eingenommene Opium versagt in dieser Beziehung, jedenfalls vermag er sich an Bilder, wie De Quincey zuteilwurden, nicht mehr zu erinnern.“
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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