Feuerwehrauto
[ˈfɔɪ̯ɐveːɐ̯ˌʔaʊ̯to]
The verdict
“Feuerwehrauto” is an uncommon German word, ranked #69,213 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #69,213
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - PKW oder LKW, der dem Zwecke dient, die Feuerwehr zur Brandbekämpfung, zum Katastrophenschutz, bei Notfällen und damit in Verbindung stehenden Aufgaben zu transportieren
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Feuerwehrauto |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɔɪ̯ɐveːɐ̯ˌʔaʊ̯to] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #69,213 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Feuerwehrauto” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Feuerwehrauto is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfɔɪ̯ɐveːɐ̯ˌʔaʊ̯to]. Corpus data places it at rank #69,213 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "PKW oder LKW, der dem Zwecke dient, die Feuerwehr zur Brandbekämpfung, zum Katastrophenschutz, bei Notfällen und damit in Verbindung stehenden Aufgaben zu transportieren".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Feuerwehrauto, 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 entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Feuerwehrauto, spelled F-E-U-E-R-W-E-H-R-A-U-T-O.
Definition
- 1PKW oder LKW, der dem Zwecke dient, die Feuerwehr zur Brandbekämpfung, zum Katastrophenschutz, bei Notfällen und damit in Verbindung stehenden Aufgaben zu transportieren
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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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Using “Feuerwehrauto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-E-U-E-R-W-E-H-R-A-U-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfɔɪ̯ɐveːɐ̯ˌʔaʊ̯to] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.