Freshman
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The verdict
“Freshman” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die sich in ihrem ersten Jahr einer Highschool oder eines Colleges beziehungsweise in einer Sportmannschaft desselben befindet
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Index DE-freshman · Freshman · German
Freshman · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Freshman |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Freshman“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Freshman is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die sich in ihrem ersten Jahr einer Highschool oder eines Colleges beziehungsweise in einer Sportmannschaft desselben befindet".
Freshman doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Freshman, spelled F-R-E-S-H-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1Person, die sich in ihrem ersten Jahr einer Highschool oder eines Colleges beziehungsweise in einer Sportmannschaft desselben befindet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Freshman appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In Barrett, Williamson und Cam Reddish hatten die Blue Devils die drei besten Freshmen des Landes rekrutiert.“
„Als 18-jähriger Freshman, gerade ein paar Monate erst nach seinem High-School-Abschluss, führte Lawrence Clemson zum dominanten Sieg über Alabama im Championship Game.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.