uralter

[ˈuːɐ̯ʔaltɐ]

/[ˈuːɐ̯ʔaltɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“uralter” is uncommon German (frequency #50,972 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,972
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-uralter · uralter · German

uralter · rank #50,972 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,972
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH unwahrscheinl…

Nearest frequency peer: unwahrscheinlicher (-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 „uralter“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for uralter
PropertyValue
Headworduralter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈuːɐ̯ʔaltɐ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#50,972
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „uralter“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „unwahrscheinlicher“ (#50,971), „Vaterlandes“ (#50,973), „unverwechselbaren“ (#50,970). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „uralter“ bei #50,972. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

uralter is uncommon German at frequency #50,972 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈuːɐ̯ʔaltɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for uralter, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is uralter, spelled U-R-A-L-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs uralt
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs uralt
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs uralt
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs uralt
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs uralt

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 "uralter"?
"uralter" is spelled U-R-A-L-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈuːɐ̯ʔaltɐ].
What does "uralter" mean?
As an adjective, "uralter" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs uralt
How do you pronounce "uralter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "uralter" is [ˈuːɐ̯ʔaltɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "uralter" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Venezia#50,976vergast#50,982unreife#50,960Verlies#50,986

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list