Vulkanit
[vʊlkaˈniːt]
The verdict
“Vulkanit” 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) - Gestein aus an der Erdoberfläche abgekühlter Lava, Vulkangestein
Corpus desk
Index DE-vulkanit · Vulkanit · German
Vulkanit · 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 "V" 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 | Vulkanit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [vʊlkaˈniːt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Vulkanit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Vulkanit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [vʊlkaˈniːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gestein aus an der Erdoberfläche abgekühlter Lava, Vulkangestein".
Zero misspellings are on record for Vulkanit in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Vulkanit, spelled V-U-L-K-A-N-I-T.
Definition
- 1Gestein aus an der Erdoberfläche abgekühlter Lava, Vulkangestein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vulkanit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Vorkommen von Vulkaniten sind nicht nur auf der Erde, sondern auch auf erdähnlichen Planeten und deren Monden bekannt.“
„Für Magmatite, Plutonite und Vulkanite konnte er sich begeistern und sich mit anderen Studenten heftig über Ablagerungs- und Sedimentgesteine, die Metamorphite, streiten, doch die Politik nahm er nur so weit zur Kenntnis, wie es der Politunterricht seines Studiums erforderlich machte.“
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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.