Benzinmotor

[bɛnˈt͡siːnˌmoːtoːɐ̯]

/[bɛnˈt͡siːnˌmoːtoːɐ̯]/ noun

The verdict

“Benzinmotor” is uncommon German (frequency #67,037 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,037
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verbrennungsmotor, der mit Benzin betrieben wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-benzinmotor · Benzinmotor · German

Benzinmotor · rank #67,037 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,037
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH beleidigenden

Nearest frequency peer: beleidigenden (-2 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 „Benzinmotor“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Benzinmotor
PropertyValue
HeadwordBenzinmotor
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bɛnˈt͡siːnˌmoːtoːɐ̯]
Letters11
Frequency rank#67,037
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Benzinmotor“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „beleidigenden“ (#67,035), „belanglosen“ (#67,034), „berufenen“ (#67,041). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Benzinmotor“ bei #67,037. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Benzinmotor is uncommon German at frequency #67,037 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bɛnˈt͡siːnˌmoːtoːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verbrennungsmotor, der mit Benzin betrieben wird".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Benzinmotor, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Benzinmotor, spelled B-E-N-Z-I-N-M-O-T-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Verbrennungsmotor, der mit Benzin betrieben wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dieses Motorrad hat einen leistungsstarken Benzinmotor.
  2. „Um die Explosionsgefahr bei Benzin- und Gasolinmotoren zu verhindern, entschied sich die Germania-Werft für einen Petroleum- oder Ölmotor und sah bereits eine Anordnung der Kraftstoffbehälter im Außenschiff vor.“

Synonyms

Ottomotor

Antonyms

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 "Benzinmotor"?
"Benzinmotor" is spelled B-E-N-Z-I-N-M-O-T-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [bɛnˈt͡siːnˌmoːtoːɐ̯].
What does "Benzinmotor" mean?
As a noun, "Benzinmotor" means: Verbrennungsmotor, der mit Benzin betrieben wird
How do you pronounce "Benzinmotor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Benzinmotor" is [bɛnˈt͡siːnˌmoːtoːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list