Notrufnummer

[ˈnoːtʁuːfˌnʊmɐ]

/[ˈnoːtʁuːfˌnʊmɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Notrufnummer” is uncommon German (frequency #71,665 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,665
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Telefonnummer, über die man jemanden/eine Institution erreichen kann, die im Notfall weiterhilft

Corpus desk

Index DE-notrufnummer · Notrufnummer · German

Notrufnummer · rank #71,665 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,665
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH Nordmann

Nearest frequency peer: Nordmann (-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 „Notrufnummer“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Notrufnummer
PropertyValue
HeadwordNotrufnummer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnoːtʁuːfˌnʊmɐ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#71,665
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Notrufnummer“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Nordmann“ (#71,664), „Notunterkunft“ (#71,666), „nouvelles“ (#71,667). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „Notrufnummer“ bei #71,665. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Notrufnummer is uncommon German at frequency #71,665 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnoːtʁuːfˌnʊmɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Telefonnummer, über die man jemanden/eine Institution erreichen kann, die im Notfall weiterhilft".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Notrufnummer, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Notrufnummer, spelled N-O-T-R-U-F-N-U-M-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Telefonnummer, über die man jemanden/eine Institution erreichen kann, die im Notfall weiterhilft

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Trotz aller Versuchungen – oder auch deutlichen Signale, einen Flirt zu beginnen und mich ihnen zu nähern – habe ich mich an diese Regel gehalten, seit ich Mitte der achtziger Jahre die Notrufnummer für Opfer sexueller Belästigung an der Tür meines Büros fand.“

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 "Notrufnummer"?
"Notrufnummer" is spelled N-O-T-R-U-F-N-U-M-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnoːtʁuːfˌnʊmɐ].
What does "Notrufnummer" mean?
As a noun, "Notrufnummer" means: Telefonnummer, über die man jemanden/eine Institution erreichen kann, die im Notfall weiterhilft
How do you pronounce "Notrufnummer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Notrufnummer" is [ˈnoːtʁuːfˌnʊmɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Notrufnummer" come from?
"Notrufnummer" 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 "Notrufnummer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list