Pensionat
[pɛnzi̯oˈnaːt]
The verdict
“Pensionat” 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) - Lehranstalt mit Unterbringungsmöglichkeit; Schule mit angeschlossenem Internat
Corpus desk
Index DE-pensionat · Pensionat · German
Pensionat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | Pensionat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɛnzi̯oˈnaːt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Pensionat“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Pensionat is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɛnzi̯oˈnaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Pensionat doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Pensionat, spelled P-E-N-S-I-O-N-A-T.
Definition
- 1Lehranstalt mit Unterbringungsmöglichkeit; Schule mit angeschlossenem Internat
- 2(Zwangs-)Erziehungsanstalt, Strafanstalt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pensionat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Neben wenigen staatlichen Pensionaten werden die meisten Pensionate privat betrieben und kosten viel Geld.
„Der kleine Aranda begrüßte mich mit großer Zärtlichkeit und bat mich, zum Frühstück zu ihm in sein Pensionat zu kommen; er versicherte mir, Mademoiselle Viard werde mich gern wiedersehen.“
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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.