Preissprung
[ˈpʁaɪ̯sˌʃpʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Preissprung” 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) - plötzlicher und drastischer Anstieg eines Preises
Corpus desk
Index DE-preissprung · Preissprung · German
Preissprung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Preissprung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpʁaɪ̯sˌʃpʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Preissprung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Preissprung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpʁaɪ̯sˌʃpʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plötzlicher und drastischer Anstieg eines Preises".
Zero misspellings are on record for Preissprung in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Preissprung, spelled P-R-E-I-S-S-P-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1plötzlicher und drastischer Anstieg eines Preises
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Preissprung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein extremer Preissprung kann durch das durchaus vorhandene Energieeinsparpotenzial, Substitution durch Bioenergie und andere regenerative Energien sowie einen Nachfragerückgang durch eine mögliche mittelfristigen Rezession gedämpft werden.“
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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.