Arbeitsstunde

[ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sˌʃtʊndə]

/[ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sˌʃtʊndə]/ noun

The verdict

“Arbeitsstunde” is uncommon German (frequency #93,952 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,952
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stunde, in der gearbeitet wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-arbeitsstunde · Arbeitsstunde · German

Arbeitsstunde · rank #93,952 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,952
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Arbeitsgeräte

Nearest frequency peer: Arbeitsgeräte (-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 „Arbeitsstunde“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Arbeitsstunde
PropertyValue
HeadwordArbeitsstunde
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sˌʃtʊndə]
Letters13
Frequency rank#93,952
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Arbeitsstunde“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Arbeitsstundefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Arbeitsgeräte“ (#93,951), „Arbogast“ (#93,953), „appliziert“ (#93,950). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Arbeitsstunde“ bei #93,952. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Arbeitsstunde is uncommon German at frequency #93,952 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sˌʃtʊndə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stunde, in der gearbeitet wird".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Arbeitsstunde, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Arbeitsstunde, spelled A-R-B-E-I-T-S-S-T-U-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stunde, in der gearbeitet wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Dabei sanken gleichzeitig sowohl die Zahl der bezahlten Arbeitsstunden insgesamt als auch die Stundensätze.“
  2. „Er erläuterte. Entschuldigte sich dafür, daß von den vier täglichen Arbeitsstunden glatt zwei fürs Putzen draufgingen, eine Stunde etwa wäre Büroarbeit, na und die vierte Stunde?“

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 "Arbeitsstunde"?
"Arbeitsstunde" is spelled A-R-B-E-I-T-S-S-T-U-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sˌʃtʊndə].
What does "Arbeitsstunde" mean?
As a noun, "Arbeitsstunde" means: Stunde, in der gearbeitet wird
How do you pronounce "Arbeitsstunde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Arbeitsstunde" is [ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sˌʃtʊndə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Arbeitsstunde" come from?
"Arbeitsstunde" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list