Gefahrgutbeauftragter

/[ɡəˈfaːɐ̯ɡuːtbəˌʔaʊ̯ftʁaːktɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Gefahrgutbeauftragter” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
21
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: jemand, der mit einem Auftrag oder einer Aufgabe betraut ist, sie erledigen soll und den Auftraggeber eventuell dazu vertritt, wenn es um Gefahrgut geht

Key facts for Gefahrgutbeauftragter
PropertyValue
HeadwordGefahrgutbeauftragter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈfaːɐ̯ɡuːtbəˌʔaʊ̯ftʁaːktɐ]
Letters21
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Gefahrgutbeauftragter” sits in German frequency

Gefahrgutbeauftragter falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Gefahrgutbeauftragter is 21 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈfaːɐ̯ɡuːtbəˌʔaʊ̯ftʁaːktɐ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "jemand, der mit einem Auftrag oder einer Aufgabe betraut ist, sie erledigen soll und den Auftraggeber eventuell dazu vertritt, wenn es um Gefahrgut geht".

No misspelling variants are generated for Gefahrgutbeauftragter in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Gefahrgutbeauftragter, spelled G-E-F-A-H-R-G-U-T-B-E-A-U-F-T-R-A-G-T-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    jemand, der mit einem Auftrag oder einer Aufgabe betraut ist, sie erledigen soll und den Auftraggeber eventuell dazu vertritt, wenn es um Gefahrgut geht

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gefahrgutbeauftragter"?
"Gefahrgutbeauftragter" is spelled G-E-F-A-H-R-G-U-T-B-E-A-U-F-T-R-A-G-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈfaːɐ̯ɡuːtbəˌʔaʊ̯ftʁaːktɐ].
What does "Gefahrgutbeauftragter" mean?
As a noun, "Gefahrgutbeauftragter" means: jemand, der mit einem Auftrag oder einer Aufgabe betraut ist, sie erledigen soll und den Auftraggeber eventuell dazu vertritt, wenn es um Gefahrgut geht
How do you pronounce "Gefahrgutbeauftragter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gefahrgutbeauftragter" is [ɡəˈfaːɐ̯ɡuːtbəˌʔaʊ̯ftʁaːktɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “Gefahrgutbeauftragter”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is G-E-F-A-H-R-G-U-T-B-E-A-U-F-T-R-A-G-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ɡəˈfaːɐ̯ɡuːtbəˌʔaʊ̯ftʁaːktɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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