Aggressor

[aˈɡʁɛsoːɐ̯]

/[aˈɡʁɛsoːɐ̯]/ noun

The verdict

“Aggressor” is uncommon German (frequency #57,638 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,638
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Angreifer; jemand, der einen Konflikt auslöst

Corpus desk

Index DE-aggressor · Aggressor · German

Aggressor · rank #57,638 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,638
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH ado

Nearest frequency peer: ado (-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 „Aggressor“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Aggressor
PropertyValue
HeadwordAggressor
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈɡʁɛsoːɐ̯]
Letters9
Frequency rank#57,638
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Aggressor“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Aggressorfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „ado“ (#57,637), „Acapulco“ (#57,636), „akzentuiert“ (#57,640). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Aggressor“ bei #57,638. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Aggressor is uncommon German at frequency #57,638 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈɡʁɛsoːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Aggressor has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 German form is Aggressor, spelled A-G-G-R-E-S-S-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Angreifer; jemand, der einen Konflikt auslöst
  2. 2
    Staat oder Oberhaupt eines Staates, das rechtswidrig einen anderen Staat angreift

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Aggressor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dank Bismarcks politischem Geschick galt Frankreich im Krieg von 1870 als Aggressor.
  2. „Diese Unzufriedenen waren die Aggressoren in den Townships, die Züge mit Steinen bewarfen, Autos stahlen und die Gegend mit dreisten Raubzügen terrorisierten, die die Zahlen der Kriminalstatistik in die Höhe trieben.“

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "Aggressor"?
"Aggressor" is spelled A-G-G-R-E-S-S-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈɡʁɛsoːɐ̯].
What does "Aggressor" mean?
As a noun, "Aggressor" means: Angreifer; jemand, der einen Konflikt auslöst
How do you pronounce "Aggressor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Aggressor" is [aˈɡʁɛsoːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Aggressor" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list