tunica
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The verdict
“tunica” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - altrömisches Kleidungsstück, das unmittelbar auf dem Körper getragen wird, das Unterkleid, das Untergewand, das Hemd
Corpus desk
Index DE-tunica · tunica · German
tunica · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | tunica |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „tunica“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
tunica is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tunica, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is tunica, spelled T-U-N-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1altrömisches Kleidungsstück, das unmittelbar auf dem Körper getragen wird, das Unterkleid, das Untergewand, das Hemd
- 2die Haut, die Hülle
- 3diverse biologische Strukturen auf histologischer Ebene wie die Außen- oder Innenhäute von tierischen Organen, die äußere Zellschicht des Vegetationskegels von höheren Pflanzen sowie die von den Epidermiszellen der Manteltiere abgeschiedene cellulosehaltige Körperhülle, also insgesamt Strukturen mit den Bedeutungen Haut, Hülle, Gewebsschicht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tunica appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„praetextae ac tunicae Lydorum, opus sordidulum omne,“ (Lucil. 12)
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.