Dienstwaffe
[ˈdiːnstˌvafə]
The verdict
“Dienstwaffe” is uncommon German (frequency #56,893 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,893
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Waffe für den dienstlichen Einsatz
Corpus desk
Index DE-dienstwaffe · Dienstwaffe · German
Dienstwaffe · rank #56,893 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,893
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Dios
Nearest frequency peer: Dios (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Dienstwaffe”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- dichtesten
dichtesten
43,111 corpus weight
- Dienstboten
Dienstboten
43,110 corpus weight
- Dienstwaffe
Dienstwaffe
43,108 corpus weight
- Dios
Dios
43,107 corpus weight
- Direktmanda…
Direktmandate
43,106 corpus weight
- Dissens
Dissens
43,105 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Dienstwaffe” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dienstwaffe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdiːnstˌvafə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #56,893 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dienstwaffe” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Dienstwaffe is uncommon German at frequency #56,893 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdiːnstˌvafə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Waffe für den dienstlichen Einsatz".
No misspelling variants are generated for Dienstwaffe in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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 read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Dienstwaffe, spelled D-I-E-N-S-T-W-A-F-F-E.
Definition
- 1Waffe für den dienstlichen Einsatz
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dienstwaffe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seine Dienstwaffe befindet sich im Holster.
„Ihre Dienstwaffen zeichneten sich diskret unter ihren Mänteln ab, doch ihre Blicke schweiften nervös umher und musterten Gesichter.“
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Dienstwaffe", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.