altmodisch
\ˈaltˌmoːdɪʃ\
The verdict
“altmodisch” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Démodé, vieillot, à l’ancienne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-altmodisch · altmodisch · French
altmodisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | altmodisch |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈaltˌmoːdɪʃ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
altmodisch is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈaltˌmoːdɪʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Démodé, vieillot, à l’ancienne.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for altmodisch in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 French form is altmodisch, spelled A-L-T-M-O-D-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1Démodé, vieillot, à l’ancienne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how altmodisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Meine Großmutter hat einen schönen altmodischen Parkettboden, der immer knarzt, wenn ihn jemand betritt.
Ich stehe in der Küche, höre Nina und fülle eine Handvoll Kaffeebohnen in meine altmodische kleine Mühle.
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.