Niederschlagswasser
[ˈniːdɐʃlaːksˌvasɐ]
The verdict
“Niederschlagswasser” is uncommon German (frequency #89,357 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,357
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wasser aus atmosphärischem Niederschlag, das nicht durch Gebrauch verunreinigt wurde
Corpus desk
Index DE-niederschlagswasser · Niederschlagswasser · German
Niederschlagswasser · rank #89,357 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,357
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Niederrad
Nearest frequency peer: Niederrad (-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 „Niederschlagswasser“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Niederkassel
Niederkassel
10,647 corpus weight
- Niederlände…
Niederländerin
10,646 corpus weight
- Niederrad
Niederrad
10,645 corpus weight
- Niederschla…
Niederschlagswasser
10,644 corpus weight
- Niethammer
Niethammer
10,643 corpus weight
- Niobe
Niobe
10,642 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Niederschlagswasser“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Niederschlagswasser |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈniːdɐʃlaːksˌvasɐ] |
| Letters | 19 |
| Frequency rank | #89,357 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Niederschlagswasser“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Niederschlagswasser is uncommon German at frequency #89,357 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈniːdɐʃlaːksˌvasɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wasser aus atmosphärischem Niederschlag, das nicht durch Gebrauch verunreinigt wurde".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Niederschlagswasser, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Niederschlagswasser, spelled N-I-E-D-E-R-S-C-H-L-A-G-S-W-A-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Wasser aus atmosphärischem Niederschlag, das nicht durch Gebrauch verunreinigt wurde
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Niederschlagswasser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Versickerung von Niederschlagswasser stellt nach § 4 des Niedersächsischen Wassergesetzes (NWG) eine "Benutzung" des Grundwassers dar.“
„Die Niederschlagswassergebühr bemisst sich grundsätzlich nach der bebauten und befestigten Grundstücksfläche, von der Niederschlagswasser in die öffentliche Abwasseranlage gelangt.“
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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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