Meldegänger
[ˈmɛldəˌɡɛŋɐ]
The verdict
“Meldegänger” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Soldat, dessen Aufgabe es ist, Meldungen, Nachrichten oder Befehle zu überbringen
Corpus desk
Index DE-meldeganger · Meldegänger · German
Meldegänger · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | Meldegänger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɛldəˌɡɛŋɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Meldegänger“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Meldegänger is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɛldəˌɡɛŋɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Soldat, dessen Aufgabe es ist, Meldungen, Nachrichten oder Befehle zu überbringen".
No misspelling variants are generated for Meldegänger in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Meldegänger, spelled M-E-L-D-E-G-Ä-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Soldat, dessen Aufgabe es ist, Meldungen, Nachrichten oder Befehle zu überbringen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Meldegänger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Für den Meldegänger waren die Kameraden im Stab seines Regiments so etwas wie ein Familienersatz geworden.“
Synonyms
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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.