Arbeitszeugnis
[ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sˌt͡sɔɪ̯knɪs]
The verdict
“Arbeitszeugnis” is uncommon German (frequency #58,557 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,557
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - vom Arbeitgeber ausgestellte Urkunde für den Arbeitnehmer, die Informationen über das Arbeitsverhältnis enthält. Diese Urkunde wird meist bei der Kündigung des Arbeitsverhältnisses erstellt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Arbeitszeugnis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sˌt͡sɔɪ̯knɪs] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #58,557 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Arbeitszeugnis” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Arbeitszeugnis is uncommon German at frequency #58,557 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sˌt͡sɔɪ̯knɪs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vom Arbeitgeber ausgestellte Urkunde für den Arbeitnehmer, die Informationen über das Arbeitsverhältnis enthält. Diese Urkunde wird meist bei der Kündigung des Arbeitsverhältnisses erstellt.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Arbeitszeugnis in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Arbeitszeugnis, spelled A-R-B-E-I-T-S-Z-E-U-G-N-I-S.
Definition
- 1vom Arbeitgeber ausgestellte Urkunde für den Arbeitnehmer, die Informationen über das Arbeitsverhältnis enthält. Diese Urkunde wird meist bei der Kündigung des Arbeitsverhältnisses erstellt.
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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Using “Arbeitszeugnis”
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- The one correct German spelling is A-R-B-E-I-T-S-Z-E-U-G-N-I-S - 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.