Faxgerät
[ˈfaksɡəˌʁɛːt]
The verdict
“Faxgerät” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gerät, das Papier/Dokumente a) scannt und versendet und b) empfängt und ausdruckt
Corpus desk
Index DE-faxgerat · Faxgerät · German
Faxgerät · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | Faxgerät |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfaksɡəˌʁɛːt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Faxgerät“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Faxgerät is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfaksɡəˌʁɛːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gerät, das Papier/Dokumente a) scannt und versendet und b) empfängt und ausdruckt".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Faxgerät, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Faxgerät, spelled F-A-X-G-E-R-Ä-T.
Definition
- 1Gerät, das Papier/Dokumente a) scannt und versendet und b) empfängt und ausdruckt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Faxgerät appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Faxgeräte werden heute nur noch selten benutzt.
In unserem Büro steht noch ein Faxgerät herum.
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.