Dienstanweisung

[ˈdiːnstʔanˌvaɪ̯zʊŋ]

/[ˈdiːnstʔanˌvaɪ̯zʊŋ]/ noun

The verdict

“Dienstanweisung” is uncommon German (frequency #81,430 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,430
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anweisung, wie im Dienst gehandelt werden soll

Corpus desk

Index DE-dienstanweisung · Dienstanweisung · German

Dienstanweisung · rank #81,430 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,430
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dienstgeber

Nearest frequency peer: Dienstgeber (+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 „Dienstanweisung“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Dienstanweisung
PropertyValue
HeadwordDienstanweisung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈdiːnstʔanˌvaɪ̯zʊŋ]
Letters15
Frequency rank#81,430
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Dienstanweisung“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Dienstanweisungfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Dienstgeber“ (#81,431), „Diakone“ (#81,428), „deskriptive“ (#81,426). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Dienstanweisung“ bei #81,430. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Dienstanweisung is uncommon German at frequency #81,430 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdiːnstʔanˌvaɪ̯zʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Anweisung, wie im Dienst gehandelt werden soll".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Dienstanweisung, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Dienstanweisung, spelled D-I-E-N-S-T-A-N-W-E-I-S-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Anweisung, wie im Dienst gehandelt werden soll

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Diese Gespräche oder Dienstanweisungen waren dem ehemaligen Stellvertreter erkennbar unangenehm, und er vermied es, Goretzka dabei anzusehen.“

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 "Dienstanweisung"?
"Dienstanweisung" is spelled D-I-E-N-S-T-A-N-W-E-I-S-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdiːnstʔanˌvaɪ̯zʊŋ].
What does "Dienstanweisung" mean?
As a noun, "Dienstanweisung" means: Anweisung, wie im Dienst gehandelt werden soll
How do you pronounce "Dienstanweisung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dienstanweisung" is [ˈdiːnstʔanˌvaɪ̯zʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dienstanweisung" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list