Pensionist
[pɛnzi̯oˈnɪst]
The verdict
“Pensionist” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht mehr erwerbstätige Person, die Leistungen aus einer Altersversorgung bezieht
Corpus desk
Index DE-pensionist · Pensionist · German
Pensionist · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Pensionist |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɛnzi̯oˈnɪst] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Pensionist“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Pensionist is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɛnzi̯oˈnɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht mehr erwerbstätige Person, die Leistungen aus einer Altersversorgung bezieht".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Pensionist in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Pensionist, spelled P-E-N-S-I-O-N-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1nicht mehr erwerbstätige Person, die Leistungen aus einer Altersversorgung bezieht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pensionist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sogar Pensionisten und Lehrer in Elternzeit werden derzeit angeschrieben.“
„…; die Firma wurde sozial fortschrittlich geführt, da es bereits 1911 einen Betriebsarzt und eine Werksküche gab, Wohnhäuser für Arbeiter errichtet wurden, die Mitarbeiter einen bezahlten Urlaub (maximal vier Wochen) erhielten und Unterstützungseinrichtungen für Pensionisten existierten.“
This word in other languages
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.