Personenstand
[pɛʁˈzoːnənˌʃtant]
The verdict
“Personenstand” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - rechtlicher Status einer Person in Bezug darauf, ob sie ledig, verheiratet, verwitwet oder geschieden ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-personenstand · Personenstand · German
Personenstand · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | Personenstand |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɛʁˈzoːnənˌʃtant] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Personenstand“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Personenstand is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɛʁˈzoːnənˌʃtant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Personenstand in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Personenstand, spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-E-N-S-T-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1rechtlicher Status einer Person in Bezug darauf, ob sie ledig, verheiratet, verwitwet oder geschieden ist
- 2die sich aus den Merkmalen des Familienrechts ergebende Stellung einer Person innerhalb der Rechtsordnung einschließlich ihres Namens
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Personenstand appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die vorzulegenden Unterlagen sind abhängig vom jeweiligen Personenstand (ledig oder geschieden) und der Nationalität.“
„Ergänzungen erfuhren die Meldezettel durch die amtliche Verzeichnung von Geburten, Trauungen und Todesfälle sowie sonstige Veränderungen im Personenstand wie Scheidung, Namensänderungen, Legitimierungen, Adoptionen und so weiter.“
Synonyms
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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.