Dienstwohnung
[ˈdiːnstˌvoːnʊŋ]
The verdict
“Dienstwohnung” is uncommon German (frequency #94,133 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,133
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Wohnung, die jemandem so lange zur Verfügung gestellt wird, wie er die betreffende Arbeitsstelle innehat
Corpus desk
Index DE-dienstwohnung · Dienstwohnung · German
Dienstwohnung · rank #94,133 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,133
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Diplomingenie…
Nearest frequency peer: Diplomingenieur (+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 “Dienstwohnung”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- dichterisch…
dichterischen
5,872 corpus weight
- Dieners
Dieners
5,870 corpus weight
- Dienstwohnu…
Dienstwohnung
5,868 corpus weight
- Diplomingen…
Diplomingenieur
5,867 corpus weight
- Dispens
Dispens
5,865 corpus weight
- Dominator
Dominator
5,861 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Dienstwohnung” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dienstwohnung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdiːnstˌvoːnʊŋ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #94,133 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dienstwohnung” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Dienstwohnung is uncommon German at frequency #94,133 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdiːnstˌvoːnʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wohnung, die jemandem so lange zur Verfügung gestellt wird, wie er die betreffende Arbeitsstelle innehat".
No misspelling variants are generated for Dienstwohnung in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Dienstwohnung, spelled D-I-E-N-S-T-W-O-H-N-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Wohnung, die jemandem so lange zur Verfügung gestellt wird, wie er die betreffende Arbeitsstelle innehat
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Dienstwohnung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In der Schule steht für den Hausmeister eine Dienstwohnung zur Verfügung.
Synonyms
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Dienstwohnung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 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.