ARP

[aʔɛɐ̯ˈpeː]

/[aʔɛɐ̯ˈpeː]/ abbrev

The verdict

“ARP” is uncommon German (frequency #53,479 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,479
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Netzwerkprotokoll, das hauptsächlich zur Ermittlung der MAC-Adressen von gegebenen IP-Adressen benutzt wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-arp · ARP · German

ARP · rank #53,479 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,479
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Argumentation…

Nearest frequency peer: Argumentationen (-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 „ARP“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ARP
PropertyValue
HeadwordARP
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
IPA[aʔɛɐ̯ˈpeː]
Letters3
Frequency rank#53,479
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ARP“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.ARPfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Argumentationen“ (#53,478), „Asch“ (#53,480), „Arbeitsstellen“ (#53,477). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „ARP“ bei #53,479. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ARP is uncommon German at frequency #53,479 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed [aʔɛɐ̯ˈpeː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Netzwerkprotokoll, das hauptsächlich zur Ermittlung der MAC-Adressen von gegebenen IP-Adressen benutzt wird".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ARP, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 ARP, spelled A-R-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Netzwerkprotokoll, das hauptsächlich zur Ermittlung der MAC-Adressen von gegebenen IP-Adressen benutzt wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Stattdessen ermittelt er dann mit Hilfe des ARP zunächst die MAC-Adresse des Zielrechners.“
  2. „Egal welche Namenskonvention in Ihrem Netzwerk gilt, die Zieladresse muss in eine Hardware-Adresse (MAC-Adresse) aufgelöst werden. Diese Funktionalität wird durch das ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) sichergestellt.“

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 "ARP"?
"ARP" is spelled A-R-P. The IPA pronunciation is [aʔɛɐ̯ˈpeː].
What does "ARP" mean?
As an abbreviation, "ARP" means: Netzwerkprotokoll, das hauptsächlich zur Ermittlung der MAC-Adressen von gegebenen IP-Adressen benutzt wird
How do you pronounce "ARP"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ARP" is [aʔɛɐ̯ˈpeː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ARP" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list