Ferienarbeit

[ˈfeːʁiənˌʔaʁbaɪ̯t]

/[ˈfeːʁiənˌʔaʁbaɪ̯t]/ noun

The verdict

“Ferienarbeit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kurzzeitige Arbeit für Schüler und Studenten während der Ferien

Corpus desk

Index DE-ferienarbeit · Ferienarbeit · German

Ferienarbeit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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.

Key facts for Ferienarbeit
PropertyValue
HeadwordFerienarbeit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfeːʁiənˌʔaʁbaɪ̯t]
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ferienarbeit“ im Deutschen

Ferienarbeitsitzt jenseits der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Formen, im Schwanz spezialisierten oder seltenen Wortschatzes.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ferienarbeit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfeːʁiənˌʔaʁbaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kurzzeitige Arbeit für Schüler und Studenten während der Ferien".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Ferienarbeit, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Ferienarbeit, spelled F-E-R-I-E-N-A-R-B-E-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    kurzzeitige Arbeit für Schüler und Studenten während der Ferien

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Maternus lehnte mein Ersuchen um Ferienarbeit ab, ein Formbrief, derzeit kein Bedarf, gern könne ich zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt noch einmal anfragen.“
  2. „Im Sommer hatte sie in der Ferienarbeit bei der Gemeinde gearbeitet und den gesamten Lohn auf ein Sparkonto gelegt, um irgendwann genug für die Kamera ihrer Träume zu haben.“

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ferienarbeit"?
"Ferienarbeit" is spelled F-E-R-I-E-N-A-R-B-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfeːʁiənˌʔaʁbaɪ̯t].
What does "Ferienarbeit" mean?
As a noun, "Ferienarbeit" means: kurzzeitige Arbeit für Schüler und Studenten während der Ferien
How do you pronounce "Ferienarbeit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ferienarbeit" is [ˈfeːʁiənˌʔaʁbaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ferienarbeit" come from?
"Ferienarbeit" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list