Bereitschaftsarzt
German, noun/bəˈʁaɪ̯tʃaft͡sˌʔaːɐ̯t͡st/
Bereitschaftsarzt is spelled B-E-R-E-I-T-S-C-H-A-F-T-S-A-R-Z-T (17 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written German, the 317,631st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bereitschaftsarzt is a German masculine noun meaning “on-call doctor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Arzt, der sich zum Einsatz bereithalten muss”.
What does Bereitschaftsarzt mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineon-call doctor
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arzt, der sich zum Einsatz bereithalten muss
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Bereitschaftsarzt
- Bereitschaftsarztes genitive
- Bereitschaftsarzts genitive
- Bereitschaftsärzte plural
- Bereitschaftsärztin feminine
- Bereitschaftsarzte dative singular
- Bereitschaftsärzten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bereitschaftsarzt?
- /bəˈʁaɪ̯tʃaft͡sˌʔaːɐ̯t͡st/
- [bəˈʁaɪ̯tʃaft͡sˌʔaːɐ̯t͡st]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Bereitschaftsarzt in German?
Bereitschaftsarzt appears about once in every 30 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).