Drachentöter
[ˈdʁaxn̩ˌtøːtɐ]
The verdict
“Drachentöter” is uncommon German (frequency #88,824 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,824
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mythische Heldengestalt, die einen Drachen besiegte
Corpus desk
Index DE-drachentoter · Drachentöter · German
Drachentöter · rank #88,824 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,824
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH dorischen
Nearest frequency peer: dorischen (-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 „Drachentöter“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Doppelseite
Doppelseite
11,180 corpus weight
- Dori
Dori
11,179 corpus weight
- dorischen
dorischen
11,178 corpus weight
- Drachentöter
Drachentöter
11,177 corpus weight
- Drogerien
Drogerien
11,176 corpus weight
- droppen
droppen
11,175 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Drachentöter“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Drachentöter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʁaxn̩ˌtøːtɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #88,824 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Drachentöter“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Drachentöter is uncommon German at frequency #88,824 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdʁaxn̩ˌtøːtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mythische Heldengestalt, die einen Drachen besiegte".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Drachentöter, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 Drachentöter, spelled D-R-A-C-H-E-N-T-Ö-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1mythische Heldengestalt, die einen Drachen besiegte
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Drachentöter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Geschichte des Haakon konzentriert sich auf Hrókrs Bruder, den niederen Jarl und angeblichen Drachentöter Haakon den Weißen.“
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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