Familienstand

[faˈmiːliənʃtant]

/[faˈmiːliənʃtant]/ noun

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The verdict

“Familienstand” is uncommon German (frequency #56,113 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,113
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - rechtlicher Status einer Person in Bezug darauf, ob sie ledig, verheiratet, verwitwet oder geschieden ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-familienstand · Familienstand · German

Familienstand · rank #56,113 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,113
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fahrens

Nearest frequency peer: Fahrens (-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 „Familienstand“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Familienstand
PropertyValue
HeadwordFamilienstand
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[faˈmiːliənʃtant]
Letters13
Frequency rank#56,113
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Familienstand“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Familienstandfällt 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: „Fahrens“ (#56,112), „Fanszene“ (#56,114), „Fachgebieten“ (#56,111). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Familienstand“ bei #56,113. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Familienstand is uncommon German at frequency #56,113 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [faˈmiːliənʃtant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "rechtlicher Status einer Person in Bezug darauf, ob sie ledig, verheiratet, verwitwet oder geschieden ist".

Familienstand has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Familienstand, spelled F-A-M-I-L-I-E-N-S-T-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    rechtlicher Status einer Person in Bezug darauf, ob sie ledig, verheiratet, verwitwet oder geschieden ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Der Familienstand meiner Arbeitskollegen interessiert mich nicht.

Synonyms

Personenstand

This word in other languages

estado civil(Español)état civil(Français)

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 "Familienstand"?
"Familienstand" is spelled F-A-M-I-L-I-E-N-S-T-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [faˈmiːliənʃtant].
What does "Familienstand" mean?
As a noun, "Familienstand" means: rechtlicher Status einer Person in Bezug darauf, ob sie ledig, verheiratet, verwitwet oder geschieden ist
How do you pronounce "Familienstand"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Familienstand" is [faˈmiːliənʃtant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Familienstand" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

evangelikalen#56,109erstgeborenen#56,106Erfolgsmodell#56,102entschlossene#56,095

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list