universitäre

[ˌunivɛʁziˈtɛːʁə]

/[ˌunivɛʁziˈtɛːʁə]/ adj

The verdict

“universitäre” is uncommon German (frequency #54,973 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,973
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs universitär

Corpus desk

Index DE-universitare · universitäre · German

universitäre · rank #54,973 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,973
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH Unikate

Nearest frequency peer: Unikate (-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 „universitäre“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for universitäre
PropertyValue
Headworduniversitäre
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˌunivɛʁziˈtɛːʁə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#54,973
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „universitäre“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).universitärefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Unikate“ (#54,972), „Unlust“ (#54,974), „Uniformierten“ (#54,971). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „universitäre“ bei #54,973. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

universitäre is uncommon German at frequency #54,973 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌunivɛʁziˈtɛːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for universitäre 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, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is universitäre, spelled U-N-I-V-E-R-S-I-T-Ä-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs universitär
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs universitär
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs universitär
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs universitär
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs universitär
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs universitär
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs universitär
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs universitär
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs universitär

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 "universitäre"?
"universitäre" is spelled U-N-I-V-E-R-S-I-T-Ä-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌunivɛʁziˈtɛːʁə].
What does "universitäre" mean?
As an adjective, "universitäre" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs universitär
How do you pronounce "universitäre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "universitäre" is [ˌunivɛʁziˈtɛːʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "universitäre" come from?
"universitäre" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list