Preisfrage
[ˈpʁaɪ̯sˌfʁaːɡə]
The verdict
“Preisfrage” is uncommon German (frequency #65,585 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,585
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frage, bei deren richtiger Beantwortung (zum Beispiel in einem Preisausschreiben) ein Gewinn erzielt werden kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-preisfrage · Preisfrage · German
Preisfrage · rank #65,585 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,585
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Privatleuten
Nearest frequency peer: Privatleuten (+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 „Preisfrage“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Posteingang
Posteingang
34,420 corpus weight
- pound
pound
34,419 corpus weight
- POW
POW
34,418 corpus weight
- Preisfrage
Preisfrage
34,416 corpus weight
- Privatleuten
Privatleuten
34,415 corpus weight
- proa
proa
34,414 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Preisfrage“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Preisfrage |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpʁaɪ̯sˌfʁaːɡə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #65,585 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Preisfrage“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Preisfrage is uncommon German at frequency #65,585 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpʁaɪ̯sˌfʁaːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Preisfrage 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 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 Preisfrage, spelled P-R-E-I-S-F-R-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Frage, bei deren richtiger Beantwortung (zum Beispiel in einem Preisausschreiben) ein Gewinn erzielt werden kann
- 2Entscheidung, die je nach nötigem materiellen/finanziellen Aufwand unterschiedlich ausfällt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Preisfrage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Preisfrage war für viele Teilnehmer zu schwer.
„Das ist die Preisfrage.“
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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