Geburtshelferin
[ɡəˈbʊʁt͡sˌhɛlfəʁɪn]
The verdict
“Geburtshelferin” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frau, die eine Gebärende bei der Geburt unterstützt und den Geburtsvorgang begleitet
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Index DE-geburtshelferin · Geburtshelferin · German
Geburtshelferin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | Geburtshelferin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈbʊʁt͡sˌhɛlfəʁɪn] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Geburtshelferin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Geburtshelferin is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈbʊʁt͡sˌhɛlfəʁɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Frau, die eine Gebärende bei der Geburt unterstützt und den Geburtsvorgang begleitet".
Geburtshelferin 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 typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Geburtshelferin, spelled G-E-B-U-R-T-S-H-E-L-F-E-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1Frau, die eine Gebärende bei der Geburt unterstützt und den Geburtsvorgang begleitet
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Geburtshelferin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Akribisch notierten Geburtshelferinnen Gewicht, Ernährung und Wachstumsverlauf der Säuglinge.“
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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.