Frondienst
[ˈfʁoːnˌdiːnst]
The verdict
“Frondienst” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unentgeltliche, meist zwangsweise erhobene Dienstleistung für einen Grundherren
Corpus desk
Index DE-frondienst · Frondienst · German
Frondienst · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Frondienst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfʁoːnˌdiːnst] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Frondienst“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Frondienst is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfʁoːnˌdiːnst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unentgeltliche, meist zwangsweise erhobene Dienstleistung für einen Grundherren".
Frondienst has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Frondienst, spelled F-R-O-N-D-I-E-N-S-T.
Definition
- 1unentgeltliche, meist zwangsweise erhobene Dienstleistung für einen Grundherren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Frondienst appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie leisteten ihren Frondienst bei ihren Fronherren.
„Sie sind »schollengebunden«, das heißt, sie dürfen nirgendwo anders hinziehen, müssen für ihre kümmerlichen Äcker dem Grafen Frondienst leisten und ihn sogar bei allen familiären Veränderungen, etwa Heiraten, um Erlaubnis fragen.“
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.