Transposition
[tʁanspoziˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Transposition” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Ändern der Grundtonart eines Musikstücks
Corpus desk
Index DE-transposition · Transposition · German
Transposition · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Transposition |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tʁanspoziˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Transposition“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Transposition is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [tʁanspoziˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Transposition, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Transposition, spelled T-R-A-N-S-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1das Ändern der Grundtonart eines Musikstücks
- 2das Erzeugen einer neuen Bezeichnungsklasse mit Hilfe der Ableitung; Überführung von einer Wortklasse in eine andere
- 3Umstellung/Vertauschung von Lauten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Transposition appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Transposition kann z. B. dem Zweck dienen, dem Spieler das Spielen mehrerer gleichartiger Instrumente, die in verschiedenen Stimmungen gebaut sind, zu erleichtern.
Die folgenden Wortartwechsel sind Beispiele für Transpositionen: prüfen → Prüfung, Angst → sich ängstigen, schön → verschönern.
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.