Detektivbüro
[detɛkˈtiːfbyˌʁoː]
The verdict
“Detektivbüro” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unternehmen, das die Dienste von Detektiven anbietet, gegen Bezahlung private Ermittlungen durchführt
Corpus desk
Index DE-detektivburo · Detektivbüro · German
Detektivbüro · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Detektivbüro |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [detɛkˈtiːfbyˌʁoː] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Detektivbüro“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Detektivbüro is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [detɛkˈtiːfbyˌʁoː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unternehmen, das die Dienste von Detektiven anbietet, gegen Bezahlung private Ermittlungen durchführt".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Detektivbüro, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Detektivbüro, spelled D-E-T-E-K-T-I-V-B-Ü-R-O.
Definition
- 1Unternehmen, das die Dienste von Detektiven anbietet, gegen Bezahlung private Ermittlungen durchführt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Detektivbüro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Und er erzählte auch, dass er nebenher für eine Art Detektivbüro arbeitete, aber nicht vorhatte, es sein Leben lang zu tun.“
Synonyms
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.