Topografie

/[topoɡʁaˈfiː]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#59,245

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Topografie is aGermannoun. It means: Teilgebiet der Kartografie, Teilgebiet der Landesvermessung, Beschreibung und Darstellung der Erdoberfläche mit ihren natürlichen und künstlichen Objekten Pronounced [topoɡʁaˈfiː].

Key facts for Topografie
PropertyValue
HeadwordTopografie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[topoɡʁaˈfiː]
Letters10
Frequency rank#59,245
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Topografie in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Topografie is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [topoɡʁaˈfiː]. Corpus data places it at rank #59,245 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for Topografie 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 Topografie, spelled T-O-P-O-G-R-A-F-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Teilgebiet der Kartografie, Teilgebiet der Landesvermessung, Beschreibung und Darstellung der Erdoberfläche mit ihren natürlichen und künstlichen Objekten
  2. 2
    oft als Synonym für die natürliche Oberfläche der Erde, aber auch für eine Darstellung der Höhenstruktur mit Gewässern
  3. 3
    Lehre von den räumlichen Beziehungen der Organe
  4. 4
    bei Elementen mit elektronischer Funktion wird die Oberfläche des Elements (zum Beispiel eines Chips) beschrieben
  5. 5
    Struktur mikroskopisch feiner Oberflächen
  6. 6
    Zustandsbeschreibung

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #59,245 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Topografie"?
"Topografie" is spelled T-O-P-O-G-R-A-F-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [topoɡʁaˈfiː].
What does "Topografie" mean?
As a noun, "Topografie" means: Teilgebiet der Kartografie, Teilgebiet der Landesvermessung, Beschreibung und Darstellung der Erdoberfläche mit ihren natürlichen und künstlichen Objekten
How do you pronounce "Topografie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Topografie" is [topoɡʁaˈfiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Topografie" come from?
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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.