Fremdherrschaft

[ˈfʁɛmtˌhɛʁʃaft]

/[ˈfʁɛmtˌhɛʁʃaft]/ noun

The verdict

“Fremdherrschaft” is uncommon German (frequency #71,348 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,348
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Herrschaft durch eine auswärtige Macht

Corpus desk

Index DE-fremdherrschaft · Fremdherrschaft · German

Fremdherrschaft · rank #71,348 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,348
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fremdenführer

Nearest frequency peer: Fremdenführer (-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 „Fremdherrschaft“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Fremdherrschaft“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Fremdherrschaft
PropertyValue
HeadwordFremdherrschaft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfʁɛmtˌhɛʁʃaft]
Letters15
Frequency rank#71,348
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Fremdherrschaft“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Fremdherrschaftfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Fremdenführer“ (#71,347), „Fremdsprachenunterricht“ (#71,349), „freistellen“ (#71,346). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Fremdherrschaft“ bei #71,348. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Fremdherrschaft is uncommon German at frequency #71,348 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfʁɛmtˌhɛʁʃaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Herrschaft durch eine auswärtige Macht".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Fremdherrschaft in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Fremdherrschaft, spelled F-R-E-M-D-H-E-R-R-S-C-H-A-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Herrschaft durch eine auswärtige Macht

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „So entstehen bald überall Unabhängigkeitsbewegungen gegen die Fremdherrschaft.“
  2. „Damit zogen die Briten sich freilich auch die künftigen Kritiker ihrer Herrschaft heran, die die Grundsätze des britischen Rechts zitieren konnten, wenn es darum ging, die Auswirkungen der Fremdherrschaft anzugreifen.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Fremdherrschaft"?
"Fremdherrschaft" is spelled F-R-E-M-D-H-E-R-R-S-C-H-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfʁɛmtˌhɛʁʃaft].
What does "Fremdherrschaft" mean?
As a noun, "Fremdherrschaft" means: Herrschaft durch eine auswärtige Macht
How do you pronounce "Fremdherrschaft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Fremdherrschaft" is [ˈfʁɛmtˌhɛʁʃaft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Fremdherrschaft" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Fremdherrschaft", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list