Fahrgeschwindigkeit
[ˈfaːɐ̯ɡəˌʃvɪndɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Fahrgeschwindigkeit” is uncommon German (frequency #87,677 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,677
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schnelligkeit eines sich fortbewegenden Fahrzeuges
Corpus desk
Index DE-fahrgeschwindigkeit · Fahrgeschwindigkeit · German
Fahrgeschwindigkeit · rank #87,677 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,677
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH faltig
Nearest frequency peer: faltig (+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 „Fahrgeschwindigkeit“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Extraportion
Extraportion
12,328 corpus weight
- Extremsport…
Extremsportler
12,327 corpus weight
- Fahrgeschwi…
Fahrgeschwindigkeit
12,324 corpus weight
- faltig
faltig
12,323 corpus weight
- familienfre…
familienfreundlichen
12,322 corpus weight
- Fanblock
Fanblock
12,321 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Fahrgeschwindigkeit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fahrgeschwindigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfaːɐ̯ɡəˌʃvɪndɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 19 |
| Frequency rank | #87,677 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fahrgeschwindigkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fahrgeschwindigkeit is uncommon German at frequency #87,677 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfaːɐ̯ɡəˌʃvɪndɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schnelligkeit eines sich fortbewegenden Fahrzeuges".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Fahrgeschwindigkeit, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Fahrgeschwindigkeit, spelled F-A-H-R-G-E-S-C-H-W-I-N-D-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Schnelligkeit eines sich fortbewegenden Fahrzeuges
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fahrgeschwindigkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bei 138 Stundenkilometern Fahrgeschwindigkeit hatte ihn beim Abschlusstraining auf der Streif in Kitzbühel eine Bodenwelle aus dem Gleichgewicht gebracht.“
„Wegen der Fahrgeschwindigkeit bestehe gegen einen 31-jährigen Mann sowie gegen einen 23 Jahre alten Autofahrer auf der Nebenfahrbahn der Verdacht eines illegalen Rennens, hieß es von der Polizei am Sonntagmorgen.“
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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