Fallschirmspringen

[ˈfalʃɪʁmˌʃpʁɪŋən]

/[ˈfalʃɪʁmˌʃpʁɪŋən]/ noun

The verdict

“Fallschirmspringen” is uncommon German (frequency #69,200 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,200
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Springen aus großen Höhen mit Hilfe eines Fallschirms zur sicheren Landung

Corpus desk

Index DE-fallschirmspringen · Fallschirmspringen · German

Fallschirmspringen · rank #69,200 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,200
  • LEN-MEGA 18 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH failure

Nearest frequency peer: failure (-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 „Fallschirmspringen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Fallschirmspringen
PropertyValue
HeadwordFallschirmspringen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfalʃɪʁmˌʃpʁɪŋən]
Letters18
Frequency rank#69,200
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Fallschirmspringen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Fallschirmspringenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „failure“ (#69,199), „Fantasiewelt“ (#69,201), „fabrizieren“ (#69,198). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Fallschirmspringen“ bei #69,200. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Fallschirmspringen is uncommon German at frequency #69,200 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfalʃɪʁmˌʃpʁɪŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das Springen aus großen Höhen mit Hilfe eines Fallschirms zur sicheren Landung".

Fallschirmspringen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Fallschirmspringen, spelled F-A-L-L-S-C-H-I-R-M-S-P-R-I-N-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Springen aus großen Höhen mit Hilfe eines Fallschirms zur sicheren Landung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Bei den von mir untersuchten Wagnissportarten Bergsteigen, Fallschirmspringen, Gleitschirm-, Drachen-, Segelfliegen und Bungeespringen wird – gemessen an der Anzahl der Einzelaktionen, der Betätigungsdauer und der Schwere der Verletzungen – ein Gefährdungslevel unterschritten, der in anderen gesellschaftlichen Bereichen (z.B. dem Straßenverkehr) und in V…
  2. Er hat das Fallschirmspringen als Hobby entdeckt.

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); 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 "Fallschirmspringen"?
"Fallschirmspringen" is spelled F-A-L-L-S-C-H-I-R-M-S-P-R-I-N-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfalʃɪʁmˌʃpʁɪŋən].
What does "Fallschirmspringen" mean?
As a noun, "Fallschirmspringen" means: das Springen aus großen Höhen mit Hilfe eines Fallschirms zur sicheren Landung
How do you pronounce "Fallschirmspringen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Fallschirmspringen" is [ˈfalʃɪʁmˌʃpʁɪŋən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 18 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list