Empfangsschalter
[ɛmˈp͡faŋsˌʃaltɐ]
The verdict
“Empfangsschalter” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - abgeteilter Raum (Schalter) für den Empfang von Neuankömmlingen
Corpus desk
Index DE-empfangsschalter · Empfangsschalter · German
Empfangsschalter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 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 | Empfangsschalter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛmˈp͡faŋsˌʃaltɐ] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Empfangsschalter“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Empfangsschalter is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛmˈp͡faŋsˌʃaltɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "abgeteilter Raum (Schalter) für den Empfang von Neuankömmlingen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Empfangsschalter, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Empfangsschalter, spelled E-M-P-F-A-N-G-S-S-C-H-A-L-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1abgeteilter Raum (Schalter) für den Empfang von Neuankömmlingen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Empfangsschalter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Von hier aus liefen wir zu einem der Empfangsschalter, wo Ben mir einen temporären Besucherausweis ausstellen ließ, während mein Blick durch das modern anmutende Innere des Gebäudes schweifte.“
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.