Geburtshelfer
[ɡəˈbʊʁt͡sˌhɛlfɐ]
The verdict
“Geburtshelfer” is an uncommon German word, ranked #53,712 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #53,712
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Person, die eine Gebärende bei der Geburt unterstützt und den Geburtsvorgang begleitet
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Geburtshelfer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈbʊʁt͡sˌhɛlfɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #53,712 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Geburtshelfer” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Geburtshelfer is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈbʊʁt͡sˌhɛlfɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #53,712 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Person, die eine Gebärende bei der Geburt unterstützt und den Geburtsvorgang begleitet
- 2Initiator/Verursacher von etwas Neuem
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.
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Using “Geburtshelfer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-B-U-R-T-S-H-E-L-F-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡəˈbʊʁt͡sˌhɛlfɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.