Totenamt
[ˈtoːtn̩ˌʔamt]
The verdict
“Totenamt” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Heilige Messe, die einem Verstorbenen gewidmet ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-totenamt · Totenamt · German
Totenamt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Totenamt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtoːtn̩ˌʔamt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Totenamt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Totenamt is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtoːtn̩ˌʔamt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Heilige Messe, die einem Verstorbenen gewidmet ist".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Totenamt, 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Totenamt, spelled T-O-T-E-N-A-M-T.
Definition
- 1eine Heilige Messe, die einem Verstorbenen gewidmet ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Totenamt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Drei Tage später wurde das Totenamt für die kleine Fürstin gehalten, und Fürst Andrej stieg, um von ihr Abschied zu nehmen, die Stufen zu dem Sargkatafalk hinan.“
Synonyms
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.