Ambition
[ambiˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Ambition” is uncommon German (frequency #53,456 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,456
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ehrgeiz, Streben nach Höherem
Corpus desk
Index DE-ambition · Ambition · German
Ambition · rank #53,456 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,456
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH amputation
Nearest frequency peer: amputation (+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 „Ambition“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- alkoholfrei…
alkoholfreies
46,548 corpus weight
- Ambition
Ambition
46,545 corpus weight
- amputation
amputation
46,544 corpus weight
- anarchistis…
anarchistische
46,543 corpus weight
- Anfangsjahr…
Anfangsjahren
46,542 corpus weight
- angefertigte
angefertigte
46,541 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ambition“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ambition |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ambiˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,456 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ambition“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ambition is uncommon German at frequency #53,456 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ambiˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ehrgeiz, Streben nach Höherem".
Ambition doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Ambition, spelled A-M-B-I-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Ehrgeiz, Streben nach Höherem
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ambition appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hat künstlerische Ambitionen.
„Die Reporter Manhattans halten Bloomberg vor, nach einer glänzenden ersten Amtszeit, den Jahren bürokratiefreien Handelns, die zweite Amtszeit verschwendet zu haben für seine Ambitionen, in den Präsidentschaftswahlkampf einzusteigen.“
Antonyms
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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