Glücksspieler
[ˈɡlʏksˌʃpiːlɐ]
The verdict
“Glücksspieler” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die an Glücksspielen teilnimmt
Corpus desk
Index DE-glucksspieler · Glücksspieler · German
Glücksspieler · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Glücksspieler |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡlʏksˌʃpiːlɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Glücksspieler“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Glücksspieler is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡlʏksˌʃpiːlɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die an Glücksspielen teilnimmt".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Glücksspieler, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Glücksspieler, spelled G-L-Ü-C-K-S-S-P-I-E-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die an Glücksspielen teilnimmt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Glücksspieler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Glücksspieler Hardy und Glücksspielerin Erhardine verzockten gemeinsam ihre letzten Barschaften.
„Alexej, die Hauptfigur in Dostojewskijs Erzählung der Spieler, offenbart alle Züge des Glücksspielers."
This word in other languages
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.