Todesanzeige

/[ˈtoːdəsˌʔant͡saɪ̯ɡə]/ noun

The verdict

“Todesanzeige” is an uncommon German word, ranked #63,844 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#63,844
frequency rank, German
12
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Anzeige, mit der der Tod einer Person öffentlich mitgeteilt wird

Key facts for Todesanzeige
PropertyValue
HeadwordTodesanzeige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtoːdəsˌʔant͡saɪ̯ɡə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#63,844
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Todesanzeige” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Todesanzeige lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Todesanzeige is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtoːdəsˌʔant͡saɪ̯ɡə]. Corpus data places it at rank #63,844 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for Todesanzeige in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Todesanzeige, spelled T-O-D-E-S-A-N-Z-E-I-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Anzeige, mit der der Tod einer Person öffentlich mitgeteilt wird
  2. 2
    gedruckte briefliche Mitteilung über den Tod einer Person

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #63,844 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Todesanzeige"?
"Todesanzeige" is spelled T-O-D-E-S-A-N-Z-E-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtoːdəsˌʔant͡saɪ̯ɡə].
What does "Todesanzeige" mean?
As a noun, "Todesanzeige" means: Anzeige, mit der der Tod einer Person öffentlich mitgeteilt wird
How do you pronounce "Todesanzeige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Todesanzeige" is [ˈtoːdəsˌʔant͡saɪ̯ɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Todesanzeige" come from?
"Todesanzeige" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Todesanzeige”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is T-O-D-E-S-A-N-Z-E-I-G-E — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈtoːdəsˌʔant͡saɪ̯ɡə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Nearby German words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.