Amtssitz
[ˈamt͡sˌzɪt͡s]
The verdict
“Amtssitz” is uncommon German (frequency #58,532 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,532
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Gebäude, in dem eine Behörde oder ein Amtsträger arbeitet
Corpus desk
Index DE-amtssitz · Amtssitz · German
Amtssitz · rank #58,532 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,532
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Amrum
Nearest frequency peer: Amrum (-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 „Amtssitz“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Alzenau
Alzenau
41,472 corpus weight
- americana
americana
41,471 corpus weight
- Amrum
Amrum
41,470 corpus weight
- Amtssitz
Amtssitz
41,469 corpus weight
- Amtszeiten
Amtszeiten
41,468 corpus weight
- anarchistis…
anarchistischen
41,467 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Amtssitz“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Amtssitz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈamt͡sˌzɪt͡s] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,532 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Amtssitz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Amtssitz is uncommon German at frequency #58,532 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈamt͡sˌzɪt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das Gebäude, in dem eine Behörde oder ein Amtsträger arbeitet".
Amtssitz doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Amtssitz, spelled A-M-T-S-S-I-T-Z.
Definition
- 1das Gebäude, in dem eine Behörde oder ein Amtsträger arbeitet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Amtssitz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Amtssitz des Präsidenten der USA ist das Weiße Haus in Washington.
„Der Präsident Jang begab sich damals auf seinen Amtssitz und ließ Hwa Dse-hü aus der Haft vorführen.“
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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