Befreiungsschlag

[bəˈfʁaɪ̯ʊŋsˌʃlaːk]

/[bəˈfʁaɪ̯ʊŋsˌʃlaːk]/ noun

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The verdict

“Befreiungsschlag” is uncommon German (frequency #56,806 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,806
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das (oft kurzzeitige) Entkommen aus einer misslichen Lage

Corpus desk

Index DE-befreiungsschlag · Befreiungsschlag · German

Befreiungsschlag · rank #56,806 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,806
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH beeinträchtig…

Nearest frequency peer: beeinträchtigte (-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 „Befreiungsschlag“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Befreiungsschlag
PropertyValue
HeadwordBefreiungsschlag
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bəˈfʁaɪ̯ʊŋsˌʃlaːk]
Letters16
Frequency rank#56,806
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Befreiungsschlag“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „beeinträchtigte“ (#56,805), „beglaubigte“ (#56,807), „Bautechnik“ (#56,803). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Befreiungsschlag“ bei #56,806. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Befreiungsschlag is uncommon German at frequency #56,806 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bəˈfʁaɪ̯ʊŋsˌʃlaːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das (oft kurzzeitige) Entkommen aus einer misslichen Lage".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Befreiungsschlag, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Befreiungsschlag, spelled B-E-F-R-E-I-U-N-G-S-S-C-H-L-A-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    das (oft kurzzeitige) Entkommen aus einer misslichen Lage

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Nach dem Rückschlag in Augsburg (1:2) will Mainz nun gegen die angeschlagene Hertha einen Befreiungsschlag landen.“
  2. „Nachdem Ex-Bürgermeister Christoph Ahlhaus in dieser Woche zum verbalen Befreiungsschlag ausgeholt hatte, befasst sich die CDU einige Tage später mit Kulturpolitik.“

This word in other languages

clearance(English)dégagement(Français)

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 "Befreiungsschlag"?
"Befreiungsschlag" is spelled B-E-F-R-E-I-U-N-G-S-S-C-H-L-A-G. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈfʁaɪ̯ʊŋsˌʃlaːk].
What does "Befreiungsschlag" mean?
As a noun, "Befreiungsschlag" means: das (oft kurzzeitige) Entkommen aus einer misslichen Lage
How do you pronounce "Befreiungsschlag"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Befreiungsschlag" is [bəˈfʁaɪ̯ʊŋsˌʃlaːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Befreiungsschlag" come from?
"Befreiungsschlag" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list