Opportunisten

[ˌɔpɔʁtuˈnɪstn̩]

/[ˌɔpɔʁtuˈnɪstn̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Opportunisten” is uncommon German (frequency #78,367 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,367
frequency rank, German
1,007
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Opportunist

Corpus desk

Index DE-opportunisten · Opportunisten · German

Opportunisten · rank #78,367 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,367
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,007
  • PHOTO-FINISH oliva

Nearest frequency peer: oliva (-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 „Opportunisten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Opportunisten
PropertyValue
HeadwordOpportunisten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌɔpɔʁtuˈnɪstn̩]
Letters13
Frequency rank#78,367
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Opportunisten“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „oliva“ (#78,365), „Osterwochenende“ (#78,370), „offenstehen“ (#78,362). Unter 1,007 „O“-Lemmata liegt „Opportunisten“ bei #78,367. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Opportunisten is uncommon German at frequency #78,367 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌɔpɔʁtuˈnɪstn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Opportunisten, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Opportunisten, spelled O-P-P-O-R-T-U-N-I-S-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Opportunist
  2. 2
    Dativ Singular des Substantivs Opportunist
  3. 3
    Akkusativ Singular des Substantivs Opportunist
  4. 4
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Opportunist
  5. 5
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Opportunist
  6. 6
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Opportunist
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Opportunist

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 "Opportunisten"?
"Opportunisten" is spelled O-P-P-O-R-T-U-N-I-S-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌɔpɔʁtuˈnɪstn̩].
What does "Opportunisten" mean?
As a noun, "Opportunisten" means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Opportunist
How do you pronounce "Opportunisten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Opportunisten" is [ˌɔpɔʁtuˈnɪstn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Opportunisten" come from?
"Opportunisten" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Opportunisten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

patriarchalen#78,386patriotischer#78,388Netzabdeckung#78,336nachgeforscht#78,324

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list