Entfernungsmesser
[ɛntˈfɛʁnʊŋsˌmɛsɐ]
The verdict
“Entfernungsmesser” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gerät zur Messung von Entfernungen
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Index DE-entfernungsmesser · Entfernungsmesser · German
Entfernungsmesser · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Entfernungsmesser |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛntˈfɛʁnʊŋsˌmɛsɐ] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Entfernungsmesser“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Entfernungsmesser is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛntˈfɛʁnʊŋsˌmɛsɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gerät zur Messung von Entfernungen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Entfernungsmesser, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Entfernungsmesser, spelled E-N-T-F-E-R-N-U-N-G-S-M-E-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Gerät zur Messung von Entfernungen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Entfernungsmesser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Court justierte das Zielfernrohr mithilfe des Entfernungsmessers und eines Ballistikrechners und indem er die Windverhältnisse Pi mal Daumen anhand der Flaggenbewegungen am Haupttor des Stützpunkts schätzte.“
„›Dieser Hügel‹, fährt sie fort, ›ist laut dem Entfernungsmesser meines Burners ungefähr drei Kilometer entfernt.‹“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.