Fallschirmspringen
[ˈfalʃɪʁmˌʃpʁɪŋən]
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
- ext
ext
30,804 corpus weight
- fabrizieren
fabrizieren
30,803 corpus weight
- failure
failure
30,802 corpus weight
- Fallschirms…
Fallschirmspringen
30,801 corpus weight
- Fantasiewelt
Fantasiewelt
30,800 corpus weight
- Faustball
Faustball
30,799 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Fallschirmspringen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fallschirmspringen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfalʃɪʁmˌʃpʁɪŋən] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Frequency rank | #69,200 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fallschirmspringen“ im Deutschen
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
- 1das Springen aus großen Höhen mit Hilfe eines Fallschirms zur sicheren Landung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fallschirmspringen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„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…
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.
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