Festumzug
[ˈfɛstʔʊmˌt͡suːk]
The verdict
“Festumzug” is uncommon German (frequency #74,557 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,557
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Umzug durch eine Stadt oder eine Gemeinde anlässlich eines großen Festes
Corpus desk
Index DE-festumzug · Festumzug · German
Festumzug · rank #74,557 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,557
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Festgenommene
Nearest frequency peer: Festgenommene (-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 „Festumzug“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- felicity
felicity
25,447 corpus weight
- Fertiggeric…
Fertiggerichte
25,446 corpus weight
- Festgenomme…
Festgenommene
25,445 corpus weight
- Festumzug
Festumzug
25,444 corpus weight
- Feuerschutz
Feuerschutz
25,443 corpus weight
- Finanzier
Finanzier
25,441 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Festumzug“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Festumzug |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɛstʔʊmˌt͡suːk] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #74,557 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Festumzug“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Festumzug is uncommon German at frequency #74,557 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɛstʔʊmˌt͡suːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Umzug durch eine Stadt oder eine Gemeinde anlässlich eines großen Festes".
Festumzug has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Festumzug, spelled F-E-S-T-U-M-Z-U-G.
Definition
- 1der Umzug durch eine Stadt oder eine Gemeinde anlässlich eines großen Festes
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Festumzug appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dieses Jahr ist der Festumzug besonders schön.
„Weil mehrere Militärkapellen aufspielten, glich der Marsch durch Kowno einem Festumzug.“
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).