Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit

[ˈdʊʁçʃnɪt͡sɡəˌʃvɪndɪçkaɪ̯t]

/[ˈdʊʁçʃnɪt͡sɡəˌʃvɪndɪçkaɪ̯t]/ noun

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The verdict

“Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit” is uncommon German (frequency #54,454 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,454
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durchschnittliche Geschwindigkeit

Corpus desk

Index DE-durchschnittsgeschwindig · Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit · German

Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit · rank #54,454 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,454
  • LEN-MEGA 28 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Durchschnitten

Nearest frequency peer: Durchschnitten (-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 „Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit
PropertyValue
HeadwordDurchschnittsgeschwindigkeit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈdʊʁçʃnɪt͡sɡəˌʃvɪndɪçkaɪ̯t]
Letters28
Frequency rank#54,454
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeitfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Durchschnitten“ (#54,453), „durchsuchte“ (#54,455), „Dubrovnik“ (#54,451). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit“ bei #54,454. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit is uncommon German at frequency #54,454 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdʊʁçʃnɪt͡sɡəˌʃvɪndɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "durchschnittliche Geschwindigkeit".

No misspelling variants are generated for Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit, spelled D-U-R-C-H-S-C-H-N-I-T-T-S-G-E-S-C-H-W-I-N-D-I-G-K-E-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    durchschnittliche Geschwindigkeit

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Unsere Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit steht im krassen Gegensatz zu dem meist ruckartigen Anfahren oder Abbremsen des Zuges, das in unserem Waggon ein halb tragisches, halb komisches Problem verursacht.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit"?
"Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit" is spelled D-U-R-C-H-S-C-H-N-I-T-T-S-G-E-S-C-H-W-I-N-D-I-G-K-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdʊʁçʃnɪt͡sɡəˌʃvɪndɪçkaɪ̯t].
What does "Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit" mean?
As a noun, "Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit" means: durchschnittliche Geschwindigkeit
How do you pronounce "Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit" is [ˈdʊʁçʃnɪt͡sɡəˌʃvɪndɪçkaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 28 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list