Preistreiberei
[pʁaɪ̯stʁaɪ̯bəˈʁaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Preistreiberei” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - starke Erhöhung eines Preises, die als unberechtigt empfunden wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-preistreiberei · Preistreiberei · German
Preistreiberei · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | Preistreiberei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁaɪ̯stʁaɪ̯bəˈʁaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Preistreiberei“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Preistreiberei is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pʁaɪ̯stʁaɪ̯bəˈʁaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "starke Erhöhung eines Preises, die als unberechtigt empfunden wird".
No misspelling variants are generated for Preistreiberei in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Preistreiberei, spelled P-R-E-I-S-T-R-E-I-B-E-R-E-I.
Definition
- 1starke Erhöhung eines Preises, die als unberechtigt empfunden wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Preistreiberei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In Berlin und anderen Großstädten hatte es bereits Hungerkrawalle gegeben und Plünderungen in Geschäften, die wegen Preistreiberei verschrien waren.“
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.