Obrist
[oˈbʁɪst]
The verdict
“Obrist” is uncommon German (frequency #55,586 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,586
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - höherer militärischer Rang des Obersten/Träger dieses Rangs
Corpus desk
Index DE-obrist · Obrist · German
Obrist · rank #55,586 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,586
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH Obstbau
Nearest frequency peer: Obstbau (+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 „Obrist“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Notlagen
Notlagen
44,422 corpus weight
- nördlichste
nördlichste
44,418 corpus weight
- Obrist
Obrist
44,415 corpus weight
- Obstbau
Obstbau
44,414 corpus weight
- operatives
operatives
44,412 corpus weight
- Orchidee
Orchidee
44,411 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Obrist“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Obrist |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oˈbʁɪst] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,586 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Obrist“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Obrist is uncommon German at frequency #55,586 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [oˈbʁɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Obrist has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Obrist, spelled O-B-R-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1höherer militärischer Rang des Obersten/Träger dieses Rangs
- 2abwertend: Soldat als Mitglied einer Militärjunta
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Obrist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Obrist war ein vornehmer und hochgelahrter Edelmann, Graf und Baron und Junker aus dem Lande Pommern und residierte hier auf einem Rittergut in der Nachbarschaft.“
„Die wichtigsten Instanzen sind der Obrist, sein Locotenent (Stellvertreter)) und die Trabanten, die als Leibwache fungieren, mitunter aber auch als eine Art Stab.“
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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