Fortbewegungsmittel
[ˈfɔʁtbəveːɡʊŋsˌmɪtl̩]
The verdict
“Fortbewegungsmittel” is uncommon German (frequency #61,507 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,507
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oberbegriff für ein Fahrzeug oder anderes Gerät zur Fortbewegung
Corpus desk
Index DE-fortbewegungsmittel · Fortbewegungsmittel · German
Fortbewegungsmittel · rank #61,507 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,507
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH fortzufahren
Nearest frequency peer: fortzufahren (+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 „Fortbewegungsmittel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Flosse
Flosse
38,498 corpus weight
- Formularen
Formularen
38,496 corpus weight
- Fortbewegun…
Fortbewegungsmittel
38,494 corpus weight
- fortzufahren
fortzufahren
38,493 corpus weight
- fremdsprach…
fremdsprachige
38,491 corpus weight
- Freudenträn…
Freudentränen
38,490 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Fortbewegungsmittel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fortbewegungsmittel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɔʁtbəveːɡʊŋsˌmɪtl̩] |
| Letters | 19 |
| Frequency rank | #61,507 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fortbewegungsmittel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fortbewegungsmittel is uncommon German at frequency #61,507 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɔʁtbəveːɡʊŋsˌmɪtl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Oberbegriff für ein Fahrzeug oder anderes Gerät zur Fortbewegung".
Zero misspellings are on record for Fortbewegungsmittel in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Fortbewegungsmittel, spelled F-O-R-T-B-E-W-E-G-U-N-G-S-M-I-T-T-E-L.
Definition
- 1Oberbegriff für ein Fahrzeug oder anderes Gerät zur Fortbewegung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fortbewegungsmittel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Viele Menschen nehmen die S-Bahn als Fortbewegungsmittel.
„Pferde waren in Ostpreußen immer mehr gewesen als reine Arbeitstiere oder Fortbewegungsmittel.“
Synonyms
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); 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 19 letters (nearest by frequency rank).