Fluchtgefahr
[ˈflʊxtɡəˌfaːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Fluchtgefahr” is uncommon German (frequency #63,318 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,318
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mögliche Gefahr, dass jemand flieht
Corpus desk
Index DE-fluchtgefahr · Fluchtgefahr · German
Fluchtgefahr · rank #63,318 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,318
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH floriert
Nearest frequency peer: floriert (-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 „Fluchtgefahr“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- flackern
flackern
36,686 corpus weight
- floriert
floriert
36,684 corpus weight
- Fluchtgefahr
Fluchtgefahr
36,683 corpus weight
- foltert
foltert
36,682 corpus weight
- Forschungsg…
Forschungsgebiet
36,681 corpus weight
- fortgesetzt…
fortgesetzten
36,680 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Fluchtgefahr“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fluchtgefahr |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈflʊxtɡəˌfaːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #63,318 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fluchtgefahr“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fluchtgefahr is uncommon German at frequency #63,318 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈflʊxtɡəˌfaːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mögliche Gefahr, dass jemand flieht".
Fluchtgefahr doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Fluchtgefahr, spelled F-L-U-C-H-T-G-E-F-A-H-R.
Definition
- 1mögliche Gefahr, dass jemand flieht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fluchtgefahr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein Richter in Auckland entschied am Mittwoch, dass keine Fluchtgefahr bestehe, da das gesamte Vermögen des Internetmillionärs beschlagnahmt sei.“
„Neben Beschränkungen der Sportarten selbst beispielweise war das im Westen, aber auch in Polen und der Tschechoslowakei sehr populäre Drachenfliegen in der DDR verboten, wurden manche der stadtnahen Flugplätze wie Saarmund und Eggersdorf willkürlich wegen Fluchtgefahr geschlossen.“
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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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