Todesjahr
[ˈtoːdəsˌjaːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Todesjahr” is an uncommon German word, ranked #69,785 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #69,785
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Jahr, in dem jemand verstorben ist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Todesjahr |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtoːdəsˌjaːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,785 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Todesjahr” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Todesjahr is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtoːdəsˌjaːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #69,785 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Jahr, in dem jemand verstorben ist".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Todesjahr, 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, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Todesjahr, spelled T-O-D-E-S-J-A-H-R.
Definition
- 1Jahr, in dem jemand verstorben ist
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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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Using “Todesjahr”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-O-D-E-S-J-A-H-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈtoːdəsˌjaːɐ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.