Aggressor
[aˈɡʁɛsoːɐ̯]
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
- abtrünnige
abtrünnige
42,366 corpus weight
- Acapulco
Acapulco
42,365 corpus weight
- ado
ado
42,364 corpus weight
- Aggressor
Aggressor
42,363 corpus weight
- akzentuiert
akzentuiert
42,361 corpus weight
- Alberta
Alberta
42,360 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Aggressor“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Aggressor |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈɡʁɛsoːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #57,638 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Aggressor“ im Deutschen
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
- 1Angreifer; jemand, der einen Konflikt auslöst
- 2Staat oder Oberhaupt eines Staates, das rechtswidrig einen anderen Staat angreift
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Aggressor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dank Bismarcks politischem Geschick galt Frankreich im Krieg von 1870 als Aggressor.
„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.
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