alter Fahrensmann
[ˈaltɐ ˈfaːʁənsˌman]
The verdict
“alter Fahrensmann” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - meist eine Person, die eine Tätigkeit schon sehr lange macht und deshalb darin sehr erfahren ist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alter Fahrensmann |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈaltɐ ˈfaːʁənsˌman] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alter Fahrensmann” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for alter Fahrensmann is 17 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaltɐ ˈfaːʁənsˌman]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "meist eine Person, die eine Tätigkeit schon sehr lange macht und deshalb darin sehr erfahren ist".
alter Fahrensmann has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is alter Fahrensmann, spelled A-L-T-E-R- -F-A-H-R-E-N-S-M-A-N-N.
Definition
- 1meist eine Person, die eine Tätigkeit schon sehr lange macht und deshalb darin sehr erfahren ist
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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.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-L-T-E-R- -F-A-H-R-E-N-S-M-A-N-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.