Grenzübertritt

[ˈɡʁɛnt͡sʔyːbɐˌtʁɪt]

/[ˈɡʁɛnt͡sʔyːbɐˌtʁɪt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Grenzübertritt” is uncommon German (frequency #56,182 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,182
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wechsel über die Grenze von einem Land zu einem anderen

Corpus desk

Index DE-grenzubertritt · Grenzübertritt · German

Grenzübertritt · rank #56,182 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,182
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gotteshäuser

Nearest frequency peer: Gotteshäuser (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Grenzübertritt“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Grenzübertritt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Grenzübertritt
PropertyValue
HeadwordGrenzübertritt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡʁɛnt͡sʔyːbɐˌtʁɪt]
Letters14
Frequency rank#56,182
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Grenzübertritt“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Grenzübertrittfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gotteshäuser“ (#56,181), „Grundbedürfnisse“ (#56,183), „Grundfreiheiten“ (#56,184). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Grenzübertritt“ bei #56,182. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Grenzübertritt is uncommon German at frequency #56,182 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡʁɛnt͡sʔyːbɐˌtʁɪt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wechsel über die Grenze von einem Land zu einem anderen".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Grenzübertritt, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Grenzübertritt, spelled G-R-E-N-Z-Ü-B-E-R-T-R-I-T-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Wechsel über die Grenze von einem Land zu einem anderen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Grenzübertritt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Zwanzig Jahre nach der Wiedervereinigung hat ein Grenzübertritt von Thüringen nach Niedersachsen natürlich längst seinen einstigen Schrecken verloren.“
  2. „Diese Eigenschaften scheinen sich mit meinem Grenzübertritt in die Türkei in Luft aufzulösen.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Grenzübertritt"?
"Grenzübertritt" is spelled G-R-E-N-Z-Ü-B-E-R-T-R-I-T-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡʁɛnt͡sʔyːbɐˌtʁɪt].
What does "Grenzübertritt" mean?
As a noun, "Grenzübertritt" means: Wechsel über die Grenze von einem Land zu einem anderen
How do you pronounce "Grenzübertritt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Grenzübertritt" is [ˈɡʁɛnt͡sʔyːbɐˌtʁɪt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Grenzübertritt" come from?
"Grenzübertritt" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Grenzübertritt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list