Dokumentarfilmer
[dokumɛnˈtaːɐ̯ˌfɪlmɐ]
The verdict
“Dokumentarfilmer” is uncommon German (frequency #83,856 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,856
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (männliche^☆) Person, die Dokumentarfilme dreht
Corpus desk
Index DE-dokumentarfilmer · Dokumentarfilmer · German
Dokumentarfilmer · rank #83,856 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,856
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Doktorandin
Nearest frequency peer: Doktorandin (-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 „Dokumentarfilmer“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Distrikts
Distrikts
16,151 corpus weight
- Doktorandin
Doktorandin
16,146 corpus weight
- Dokumentarf…
Dokumentarfilmer
16,145 corpus weight
- Doppeldeuti…
Doppeldeutigkeit
16,142 corpus weight
- Doppelhaus
Doppelhaus
16,141 corpus weight
- Dotter
Dotter
16,140 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Dokumentarfilmer“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dokumentarfilmer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [dokumɛnˈtaːɐ̯ˌfɪlmɐ] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #83,856 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dokumentarfilmer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Dokumentarfilmer is uncommon German at frequency #83,856 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [dokumɛnˈtaːɐ̯ˌfɪlmɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(männliche^☆) Person, die Dokumentarfilme dreht".
Zero misspellings are on record for Dokumentarfilmer in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Dokumentarfilmer, spelled D-O-K-U-M-E-N-T-A-R-F-I-L-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1(männliche^☆) Person, die Dokumentarfilme dreht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dokumentarfilmer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Pennebaker, 2012 als erster Dokumentarfilmer überhaupt mit einem Ehrenoscar ausgezeichnet, war nicht nur ein Chronist der jüngeren US-Musikgeschichte.“
„Wie soll man als Dokumentarfilmer filmisch mit Nähe und Distanz umgehen?“
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).