Dienstauto
[ˈdiːnstˌʔaʊ̯to]
The verdict
“Dienstauto” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Auto, das einem Arbeitnehmer vom Arbeitgeber für dienstliche Fahrten zur Verfügung gestellt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-dienstauto · Dienstauto · German
Dienstauto · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Dienstauto |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdiːnstˌʔaʊ̯to] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Dienstauto” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Dienstauto is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdiːnstˌʔaʊ̯to]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Auto, das einem Arbeitnehmer vom Arbeitgeber für dienstliche Fahrten zur Verfügung gestellt wird".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Dienstauto in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 Dienstauto, spelled D-I-E-N-S-T-A-U-T-O.
Definition
- 1Auto, das einem Arbeitnehmer vom Arbeitgeber für dienstliche Fahrten zur Verfügung gestellt wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Dienstauto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wir fuhren mit Vaters Dienstauto in die Karpaten, eine bergige, waldreiche Gegend.“
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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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