Personenkraftwagen
[pɛʁˈzoːnənˌkʁaftvaːɡn̩]
The verdict
“Personenkraftwagen” is uncommon German (frequency #56,422 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,422
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Automobil zur Beförderung von Personen
Corpus desk
Index DE-personenkraftwagen · Personenkraftwagen · German
Personenkraftwagen · rank #56,422 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,422
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Penzberg
Nearest frequency peer: Penzberg (-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 „Personenkraftwagen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- patin
patin
43,582 corpus weight
- Penzberg
Penzberg
43,580 corpus weight
- Personenkra…
Personenkraftwagen
43,579 corpus weight
- Personennam…
Personennamen
43,578 corpus weight
- Pferdesport
Pferdesport
43,577 corpus weight
- Pflasterste…
Pflastersteine
43,576 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Personenkraftwagen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Personenkraftwagen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɛʁˈzoːnənˌkʁaftvaːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Frequency rank | #56,422 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Personenkraftwagen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Personenkraftwagen is uncommon German at frequency #56,422 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɛʁˈzoːnənˌkʁaftvaːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Automobil zur Beförderung von Personen".
No misspelling variants are generated for Personenkraftwagen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Personenkraftwagen, spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-E-N-K-R-A-F-T-W-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Automobil zur Beförderung von Personen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Personenkraftwagen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Reichsverkehrsministerium erlässt für das Deutsche Reich mit Wirkung vom 1. April des Jahres ein Verbot für Privatfahrten mit Personenkraftwagen.“
„Weil sie sich insoweit nicht erinnerungsfähig zeigte, als sie sich eitel aufgeführt hatte, als die Leidenschaft sie verdummt hatte, las er ihr zur Unterstützung ihres Gedächtnisses aus doppelten Schulheften vor, die er an einem ihr nicht zugänglichen Ort, nämlich im Kofferraum seines Personenkraftwagens, sorgfältig zu verwahren pflegte.“
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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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