blinder Passagier
[ˌblɪndɐ pasaˈʒiːɐ̯]
The verdict
“blinder Passagier” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (männliche) Person, die sich in ein (öffentliches) Beförderungsmittel, das häufig auf einer Langstrecke verkehrt (Flugzeug, Schiff, LKW, Zug oder dergleichen), einschleicht, sich dort (in Laderäume...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blinder Passagier |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˌblɪndɐ pasaˈʒiːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “blinder Passagier” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
blinder Passagier is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˌblɪndɐ pasaˈʒiːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for blinder Passagier, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 blinder Passagier, spelled B-L-I-N-D-E-R- -P-A-S-S-A-G-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1(männliche) Person, die sich in ein (öffentliches) Beförderungsmittel, das häufig auf einer Langstrecke verkehrt (Flugzeug, Schiff, LKW, Zug oder dergleichen), einschleicht, sich dort (in Laderäumen, Fahrwerken oder dergleichen) versteckt hält, um so illegal und kostenlos mitzureisen
- 2nicht-menschliches Lebewesen (Tier, Mikroorganismus oder dergleichen), das durch Zufall unbemerkt und unbeobachtet in ein Beförderungsmittel gelangt, so unfreiwillig mitreist und zumeist erst nach Ankunft am Zielort entdeckt wird
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “blinder Passagier”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-L-I-N-D-E-R- -P-A-S-S-A-G-I-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌblɪndɐ pasaˈʒiːɐ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.