Ortstafel
[ˈɔʁt͡sˌtaːfl̩]
The verdict
“Ortstafel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schild (Tafel) am Straßenrand, das den Beginn oder das Ende einer Ortschaft anzeigt und ihren Namen trägt
Corpus desk
Index DE-ortstafel · Ortstafel · German
Ortstafel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ortstafel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɔʁt͡sˌtaːfl̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ortstafel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ortstafel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɔʁt͡sˌtaːfl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schild (Tafel) am Straßenrand, das den Beginn oder das Ende einer Ortschaft anzeigt und ihren Namen trägt".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Ortstafel, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Ortstafel, spelled O-R-T-S-T-A-F-E-L.
Definition
- 1Schild (Tafel) am Straßenrand, das den Beginn oder das Ende einer Ortschaft anzeigt und ihren Namen trägt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ortstafel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In Graz müssen zahlreiche Ortstafeln verrückt werden.“
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.