Pflegevater
[ˈp͡fleːɡəˌfaːtɐ]
The verdict
“Pflegevater” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mann, der die Fürsorge über jemanden übernommen hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-pflegevater · Pflegevater · German
Pflegevater · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | Pflegevater |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈp͡fleːɡəˌfaːtɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Pflegevater“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Pflegevater is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈp͡fleːɡəˌfaːtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mann, der die Fürsorge über jemanden übernommen hat".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Pflegevater, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Pflegevater, spelled P-F-L-E-G-E-V-A-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Mann, der die Fürsorge über jemanden übernommen hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Pflegevater appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auch sein Pflegevater unterstützt die Waldbrüder.“
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.