Turmalin
[tʊʁmaˈliːn]
The verdict
“Turmalin” 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) - farbiges oder farbloses, manchmal auch durchsichtiges, in Graniten vorkommendes Mineral beziehungsweise vorkommender Edelstein
Corpus desk
Index DE-turmalin · Turmalin · German
Turmalin · 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 | Turmalin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tʊʁmaˈliːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Turmalin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Turmalin is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [tʊʁmaˈliːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "farbiges oder farbloses, manchmal auch durchsichtiges, in Graniten vorkommendes Mineral beziehungsweise vorkommender Edelstein".
No misspelling variants are generated for Turmalin in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Turmalin, spelled T-U-R-M-A-L-I-N.
Definition
- 1farbiges oder farbloses, manchmal auch durchsichtiges, in Graniten vorkommendes Mineral beziehungsweise vorkommender Edelstein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Turmalin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Turmalin hat viele Varietäten von verschiedener Farbe: Achroit (farblos oder zartgrün), Buergerit (fast schwarz), Dravit (braun bis grünlich und braunschwarz, sehr Mg-reich), Indigolith (blau), Liddicoatit (dunkelbraun), Mohrenkopf (ein Achroit mit schwarzen Enden), Rubellit (rot), Schörl (schwarz), Tsilaisit (dunkelgelb), Uvit (braun), Verdelith (grün),…
„Turmaline bilden säulige oder nadelige, farbenfrohe Mineralien, wie z.B. Achroit (farblos bis blaßgrün), Dravit (braun bis grün), Rubellit (rosa bis rot), Schörl (farblos bis tiefgrün, rot, blau), Verdelith (grün) und Chrom-Turmalin (smaragdgrün).“
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.