Empfangsdame
[ɛmˈp͡faŋsˌdaːmə]
The verdict
“Empfangsdame” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Angestellte, die für den Empfang von Gästen/Kunden zuständig ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-empfangsdame · Empfangsdame · German
Empfangsdame · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | Empfangsdame |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛmˈp͡faŋsˌdaːmə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Empfangsdame“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Empfangsdame is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛmˈp͡faŋsˌdaːmə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Angestellte, die für den Empfang von Gästen/Kunden zuständig ist".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Empfangsdame, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Empfangsdame, spelled E-M-P-F-A-N-G-S-D-A-M-E.
Definition
- 1Angestellte, die für den Empfang von Gästen/Kunden zuständig ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Empfangsdame appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Chigurh stand in Anzug und Krawatte vor dem Schreibtisch der Empfangsdame.“
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