Geburtshelfer

[ɡəˈbʊʁt͡sˌhɛlfɐ]

/[ɡəˈbʊʁt͡sˌhɛlfɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Geburtshelfer” is uncommon German (frequency #53,712 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,712
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die eine Gebärende bei der Geburt unterstützt und den Geburtsvorgang begleitet

Corpus desk

Index DE-geburtshelfer · Geburtshelfer · German

Geburtshelfer · rank #53,712 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,712
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gebälk

Nearest frequency peer: Gebälk (+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 „Geburtshelfer“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Geburtshelfer
PropertyValue
HeadwordGeburtshelfer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈbʊʁt͡sˌhɛlfɐ]
Letters13
Frequency rank#53,712
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Geburtshelfer“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gebälk“ (#53,713), „Gaus“ (#53,710), „gedruckter“ (#53,714). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Geburtshelfer“ bei #53,712. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Geburtshelfer is uncommon German at frequency #53,712 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈbʊʁt͡sˌhɛlfɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Geburtshelfer has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Geburtshelfer, spelled G-E-B-U-R-T-S-H-E-L-F-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die eine Gebärende bei der Geburt unterstützt und den Geburtsvorgang begleitet
  2. 2
    Initiator/Verursacher von etwas Neuem

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Eine Hausgeburt sollte nur unter Aufsicht eines fachkundigen Geburtshelfers durchgeführt werden.
  2. Bei der Geburt des Kalbes wurde der Knecht zum Geburtshelfer.

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 "Geburtshelfer"?
"Geburtshelfer" is spelled G-E-B-U-R-T-S-H-E-L-F-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈbʊʁt͡sˌhɛlfɐ].
What does "Geburtshelfer" mean?
As a noun, "Geburtshelfer" means: Person, die eine Gebärende bei der Geburt unterstützt und den Geburtsvorgang begleitet
How do you pronounce "Geburtshelfer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Geburtshelfer" is [ɡəˈbʊʁt͡sˌhɛlfɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Geburtshelfer" come from?
"Geburtshelfer" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list