Turmuhr

[ˈtʊʁmˌʔuːɐ̯]

/[ˈtʊʁmˌʔuːɐ̯]/ noun

The verdict

“Turmuhr” is uncommon German (frequency #77,441 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,441
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - meist große, aus größerer Entfernung sichtbare Uhr, die in oder an einem Turm montiert ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-turmuhr · Turmuhr · German

Turmuhr · rank #77,441 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,441
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH tupperware

Nearest frequency peer: tupperware (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Turmuhr“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Turmuhr“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Turmuhr
PropertyValue
HeadwordTurmuhr
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtʊʁmˌʔuːɐ̯]
Letters7
Frequency rank#77,441
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Turmuhr“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Turmuhrfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „tupperware“ (#77,440), „Türschloss“ (#77,443), „Trostpreis“ (#77,437). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Turmuhr“ bei #77,441. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Turmuhr is uncommon German at frequency #77,441 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtʊʁmˌʔuːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "meist große, aus größerer Entfernung sichtbare Uhr, die in oder an einem Turm montiert ist".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Turmuhr in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Turmuhr, spelled T-U-R-M-U-H-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    meist große, aus größerer Entfernung sichtbare Uhr, die in oder an einem Turm montiert ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Turmuhr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Turmuhr zeigt 11 Uhr.
  2. „Die Turmuhr in Brocklesby Park, die um 1722 fertiggestellt wurde, zeigt noch heute die Zeit an. Sie läuft seit über 270 Jahren – abgesehen von einer kurzen Unterbrechung im Jahre 1884, als sie überholt wurde.“

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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Turmuhr"?
"Turmuhr" is spelled T-U-R-M-U-H-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtʊʁmˌʔuːɐ̯].
What does "Turmuhr" mean?
As a noun, "Turmuhr" means: meist große, aus größerer Entfernung sichtbare Uhr, die in oder an einem Turm montiert ist
How do you pronounce "Turmuhr"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Turmuhr" is [ˈtʊʁmˌʔuːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Turmuhr" come from?
"Turmuhr" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Turmuhr", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list