Motorsäge
[ˈmoːtoːɐ̯ˌzɛːɡə]
The verdict
“Motorsäge” is uncommon German (frequency #66,510 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,510
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein motorgetriebenes Werkzeug zum Zerteilen von festem Material, insbesondere von Holz
Corpus desk
Index DE-motorsage · Motorsäge · German
Motorsäge · rank #66,510 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,510
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH morphologisch
Nearest frequency peer: morphologisch (-2 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 „Motorsäge“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Monogamie
Monogamie
33,495 corpus weight
- morel
morel
33,494 corpus weight
- morphologis…
morphologisch
33,493 corpus weight
- Motorsäge
Motorsäge
33,491 corpus weight
- Mundhöhle
Mundhöhle
33,489 corpus weight
- Mühlenbach
Mühlenbach
33,488 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Motorsäge“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Motorsäge |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmoːtoːɐ̯ˌzɛːɡə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,510 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Motorsäge“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Motorsäge is uncommon German at frequency #66,510 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmoːtoːɐ̯ˌzɛːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein motorgetriebenes Werkzeug zum Zerteilen von festem Material, insbesondere von Holz".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Motorsäge, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Motorsäge, spelled M-O-T-O-R-S-Ä-G-E.
Definition
- 1ein motorgetriebenes Werkzeug zum Zerteilen von festem Material, insbesondere von Holz
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Motorsäge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Eine Motorsäge war darauf zu sehen, von jeder Zacke tropfte Blut.“
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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