Frontalangriff

[fʁɔnˈtaːlʔanˌɡʁɪf]

/[fʁɔnˈtaːlʔanˌɡʁɪf]/ noun

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The verdict

“Frontalangriff” is uncommon German (frequency #86,487 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,487
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nach vorne getragener Angriff

Corpus desk

Index DE-frontalangriff · Frontalangriff · German

Frontalangriff · rank #86,487 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,487
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fritzen

Nearest frequency peer: Fritzen (-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 „Frontalangriff“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Frontalangriff
PropertyValue
HeadwordFrontalangriff
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fʁɔnˈtaːlʔanˌɡʁɪf]
Letters14
Frequency rank#86,487
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Frontalangriff“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Frontalangrifffällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Fritzen“ (#86,486), „fruchtbares“ (#86,488), „fristet“ (#86,485). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Frontalangriff“ bei #86,487. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Frontalangriff is uncommon German at frequency #86,487 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fʁɔnˈtaːlʔanˌɡʁɪf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Frontalangriff, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Frontalangriff, spelled F-R-O-N-T-A-L-A-N-G-R-I-F-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    nach vorne getragener Angriff
  2. 2
    aggressive Äußerung oder Kampagne gegen jemanden oder etwas

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Die Abwehr des sowjetischen Frontalangriffs gegen Seelow war der letzte Erfolg der Wehrmacht im Zweiten Weltkrieg.“
  2. „Den Verteidiger hat er inzwischen gewechselt, der in Tirol bekannte Albert Heiss verteidigt ihn nun mit einem Frontalangriff auf die Ermittler.“

Antonyms

FlankenangriffFlankenstoß

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 "Frontalangriff"?
"Frontalangriff" is spelled F-R-O-N-T-A-L-A-N-G-R-I-F-F. The IPA pronunciation is [fʁɔnˈtaːlʔanˌɡʁɪf].
What does "Frontalangriff" mean?
As a noun, "Frontalangriff" means: nach vorne getragener Angriff
How do you pronounce "Frontalangriff"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Frontalangriff" is [fʁɔnˈtaːlʔanˌɡʁɪf]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Frontalangriff" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list