Universalie
[univɛʁˈzaːli̯ə]
The verdict
“Universalie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eigenschaft, die allen Sprachen gemeinsam ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-universalie · Universalie · German
Universalie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" 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 | Universalie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [univɛʁˈzaːli̯ə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Universalie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Universalie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [univɛʁˈzaːli̯ə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Universalie in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Universalie, spelled U-N-I-V-E-R-S-A-L-I-E.
Definition
- 1Eigenschaft, die allen Sprachen gemeinsam ist
- 2allgemeiner Art- oder Gattungsbegriff, über dessen Status im Mittelalter (9. bis 13. Jahrhundert) gestritten wurde
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Universalie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Linguistik, speziell die Universalienforschung, erforscht die Eigenschaften, die alle Sprachen miteinander teilen.
„Ein breites Vergleichsfixum liefern die von H. Haarmann auf der Grundlage von 65 europäischen Sprachen gewonnenen »europäischen Universalien« (›Europeme‹).“
Synonyms
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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.