Deserteur

[dezɛʁˈtøːɐ̯]

/[dezɛʁˈtøːɐ̯]/ noun

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The verdict

“Deserteur” is uncommon German (frequency #73,381 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,381
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Soldat, der unerlaubt seiner (militärischen) Dienstpflicht entflieht/fernbleibt

Corpus desk

Index DE-deserteur · Deserteur · German

Deserteur · rank #73,381 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,381
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH deportierten

Nearest frequency peer: deportierten (-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 „Deserteur“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Deserteur
PropertyValue
HeadwordDeserteur
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[dezɛʁˈtøːɐ̯]
Letters9
Frequency rank#73,381
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Deserteur“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Deserteurfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „deportierten“ (#73,380), „destroy“ (#73,382), „Denkvermögen“ (#73,379). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Deserteur“ bei #73,381. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Deserteur is uncommon German at frequency #73,381 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [dezɛʁˈtøːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Soldat, der unerlaubt seiner (militärischen) Dienstpflicht entflieht/fernbleibt".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Deserteur in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 Deserteur, spelled D-E-S-E-R-T-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Soldat, der unerlaubt seiner (militärischen) Dienstpflicht entflieht/fernbleibt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Das Lächeln verschwindet, als der 31-jährige Deserteur seine Entscheidung begründet: Während seines Einsatzes im Irak als Mechaniker der Apache-Hubschrauber zwischen September 2004 und Februar 2005 habe er nach Gründen für den Krieg gesucht.“
  2. „Von den vier Deserteuren von »Farmsen« war einer erwischt.

This word in other languages

deserter(English)desertor(Español)déserteur(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 "Deserteur"?
"Deserteur" is spelled D-E-S-E-R-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is [dezɛʁˈtøːɐ̯].
What does "Deserteur" mean?
As a noun, "Deserteur" means: Soldat, der unerlaubt seiner (militärischen) Dienstpflicht entflieht/fernbleibt
How do you pronounce "Deserteur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Deserteur" is [dezɛʁˈtøːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Deserteur" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list