Kopfgeldjäger
[ˈkɔp͡fɡɛltˌjɛːɡɐ]
The verdict
“Kopfgeldjäger” is uncommon German (frequency #79,403 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,403
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mensch, der Personen sucht, um für deren Auslieferung oder Tötung eine Belohnung zu bekommen
Corpus desk
Index DE-kopfgeldjager · Kopfgeldjäger · German
Kopfgeldjäger · rank #79,403 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,403
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Koordinate
Nearest frequency peer: Koordinate (-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 „Kopfgeldjäger“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kontakts
Kontakts
20,601 corpus weight
- kooperativer
kooperativer
20,600 corpus weight
- Koordinate
Koordinate
20,599 corpus weight
- Kopfgeldjäg…
Kopfgeldjäger
20,598 corpus weight
- Kors
Kors
20,597 corpus weight
- Kostenersta…
Kostenerstattung
20,595 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kopfgeldjäger“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kopfgeldjäger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɔp͡fɡɛltˌjɛːɡɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #79,403 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kopfgeldjäger“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kopfgeldjäger is uncommon German at frequency #79,403 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɔp͡fɡɛltˌjɛːɡɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mensch, der Personen sucht, um für deren Auslieferung oder Tötung eine Belohnung zu bekommen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kopfgeldjäger, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kopfgeldjäger, spelled K-O-P-F-G-E-L-D-J-Ä-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Mensch, der Personen sucht, um für deren Auslieferung oder Tötung eine Belohnung zu bekommen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kopfgeldjäger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In manchen Staaten ist es noch möglich, dass auf Menschen Kopfgelder ausgesetzt werden, also existieren auch noch Kopfgeldjäger.
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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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).