Possenreißer
[ˈpɔsn̩ˌʁaɪ̯sɐ]
The verdict
“Possenreißer” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (männliche^☆) Person, die Späße mit Leuten veranstaltet
Corpus desk
Index DE-possenrei-er · Possenreißer · German
Possenreißer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Possenreißer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɔsn̩ˌʁaɪ̯sɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Possenreißer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Possenreißer is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpɔsn̩ˌʁaɪ̯sɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(männliche^☆) Person, die Späße mit Leuten veranstaltet".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Possenreißer, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Possenreißer, spelled P-O-S-S-E-N-R-E-I-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1(männliche^☆) Person, die Späße mit Leuten veranstaltet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Possenreißer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der bekannteste Possenreißer Deutschlands war Till Eulenspiegel im 14. Jahrhundert.
„Gewaltherrscher aller Zeiten hatten Angst vor den Possenreißern, weil der Humor dem einfachen Volk die Angst nehmen könnte.“
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.