Brandgefahr
[ˈbʁantɡəˌfaːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Brandgefahr” is uncommon German (frequency #52,709 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,709
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Risiko, dass ein Feuer ausbrechen kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-brandgefahr · Brandgefahr · German
Brandgefahr · rank #52,709 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,709
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Boxkampf
Nearest frequency peer: Boxkampf (-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 „Brandgefahr“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- bonnet
bonnet
47,297 corpus weight
- Borna
Borna
47,296 corpus weight
- Boxkampf
Boxkampf
47,293 corpus weight
- Brandgefahr
Brandgefahr
47,292 corpus weight
- Bregenzer
Bregenzer
47,290 corpus weight
- breiteres
breiteres
47,288 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Brandgefahr“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brandgefahr |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʁantɡəˌfaːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #52,709 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Brandgefahr“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Brandgefahr is uncommon German at frequency #52,709 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʁantɡəˌfaːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das Risiko, dass ein Feuer ausbrechen kann".
No misspelling variants are generated for Brandgefahr in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Brandgefahr, spelled B-R-A-N-D-G-E-F-A-H-R.
Definition
- 1das Risiko, dass ein Feuer ausbrechen kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Brandgefahr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Brandgefahr bei der Betankung eines Fahrzeugs ist nicht zu unterschätzen.
„Die feuerpolizeiliche Aufsicht dient der Überwachung der Einhaltung dieses Gesetzes sowie allgemein der Feststellung von Zuständen, die eine Brandgefahr herbeiführen oder vergrößern oder die Brandbekämpfung oder die Durchführung von Rettungsarbeiten erschweren oder verhindern können.“
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.
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