Gelegenheitsarbeiter
[ɡəˈleːɡn̩haɪ̯t͡sˌʔaʁbaɪ̯tɐ]
The verdict
“Gelegenheitsarbeiter” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die nur Gelegenheitsarbeiten ausführt
Corpus desk
Index DE-gelegenheitsarbeiter · Gelegenheitsarbeiter · German
Gelegenheitsarbeiter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-9 9 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 | Gelegenheitsarbeiter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈleːɡn̩haɪ̯t͡sˌʔaʁbaɪ̯tɐ] |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gelegenheitsarbeiter“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gelegenheitsarbeiter is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈleːɡn̩haɪ̯t͡sˌʔaʁbaɪ̯tɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die nur Gelegenheitsarbeiten ausführt".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Gelegenheitsarbeiter in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gelegenheitsarbeiter, spelled G-E-L-E-G-E-N-H-E-I-T-S-A-R-B-E-I-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die nur Gelegenheitsarbeiten ausführt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gelegenheitsarbeiter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Tochter Heilwig ist mit vier Kindern überlastet, Schwiegersohn Ernst Schulte Strathaus, mittlerweile über siebzig Jahre alt, nach Gefängnis, Krieg und Entnazifizierung Gelegenheitsarbeiter ohne Lebensmut und der tüchtigen Ina ein Dorn im Auge.“
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.