Dienstwort
[ˈdiːnstˌvɔʁt]
The verdict
“Dienstwort” 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) - Wort, das hauptsächlich eine grammatische Funktion erfüllt und keine eigenständige (lexikalische) Bedeutung hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-dienstwort · Dienstwort · German
Dienstwort · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Dienstwort |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdiːnstˌvɔʁt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dienstwort“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Dienstwort is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdiːnstˌvɔʁt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wort, das hauptsächlich eine grammatische Funktion erfüllt und keine eigenständige (lexikalische) Bedeutung hat".
Zero misspellings are on record for Dienstwort in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Dienstwort, spelled D-I-E-N-S-T-W-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Wort, das hauptsächlich eine grammatische Funktion erfüllt und keine eigenständige (lexikalische) Bedeutung hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dienstwort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Neben diesen drei »höheren« Wortarten, denen über 90% des deutschen Wortschatzes zugehören, finden sich im wesentlichen drei, relativ kleine Gruppen von Dienstwörtern - ohne produktive Möglichkeiten der Wortbildung und nur z.T. flektierbar.“
„Ihnen stehen die Dienstwörter gegenüber:…“
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.