Armreif

[ˈaʁmˌʁaɪ̯f]

/[ˈaʁmˌʁaɪ̯f]/ noun

The verdict

“Armreif” is uncommon German (frequency #87,407 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,407
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - als Schmuck getragener Reif um Arm oder Handgelenk

Corpus desk

Index DE-armreif · Armreif · German

Armreif · rank #87,407 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,407
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH armed

Nearest frequency peer: armed (-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 „Armreif“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Armreif
PropertyValue
HeadwordArmreif
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaʁmˌʁaɪ̯f]
Letters7
Frequency rank#87,407
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Armreif“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Armreiffällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „armed“ (#87,406), „armseliger“ (#87,408), „aristotelischen“ (#87,405). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Armreif“ bei #87,407. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Armreif is uncommon German at frequency #87,407 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaʁmˌʁaɪ̯f]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "als Schmuck getragener Reif um Arm oder Handgelenk".

Zero misspellings are on record for Armreif in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Armreif, spelled A-R-M-R-E-I-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    als Schmuck getragener Reif um Arm oder Handgelenk

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Schon die Wikinger ritzten Abbildungen des Tiers in Armreife und Metallbeschläge, und während der Völkerwanderung wurden Fibeln der Franken und Alemannen mit Schlangen verziert.“
  2. „Verschwunden ist auch der goldene Armreif, den er seiner Frau einmal aus Usbekistan mitgebracht hat, und ein Ring, den sie vom Zahnarzt Krause, ihrem Liebhaber vor seiner Zeit, einmal geschenkt bekommen hat – mit einem Saphir in der Mitte, ringsherum kleine Brillanten.“

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Armreif"?
"Armreif" is spelled A-R-M-R-E-I-F. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʁmˌʁaɪ̯f].
What does "Armreif" mean?
As a noun, "Armreif" means: als Schmuck getragener Reif um Arm oder Handgelenk
How do you pronounce "Armreif"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Armreif" is [ˈaʁmˌʁaɪ̯f]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Armreif" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list