Pressung

[ˈpʁɛsʊŋ]

/[ˈpʁɛsʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Pressung” is uncommon German (frequency #85,704 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,704
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Ausüben starken Drucks, indem etwas zusammengedrückt wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-pressung · Pressung · German

Pressung · rank #85,704 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,704
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH prellen

Nearest frequency peer: prellen (-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 „Pressung“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Pressung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Pressung
PropertyValue
HeadwordPressung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpʁɛsʊŋ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#85,704
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Pressung“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Pressungfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „prellen“ (#85,703), „Preissenkungen“ (#85,702), „Privatier“ (#85,706). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Pressung“ bei #85,704. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Pressung is uncommon German at frequency #85,704 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpʁɛsʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das Ausüben starken Drucks, indem etwas zusammengedrückt wird".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Pressung, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Pressung, spelled P-R-E-S-S-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Ausüben starken Drucks, indem etwas zusammengedrückt wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Pressung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Bei jeder Pressung sprangen die Männer auf und eilten an Deck.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Pressung"?
"Pressung" is spelled P-R-E-S-S-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpʁɛsʊŋ].
What does "Pressung" mean?
As a noun, "Pressung" means: das Ausüben starken Drucks, indem etwas zusammengedrückt wird
How do you pronounce "Pressung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pressung" is [ˈpʁɛsʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pressung" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Pressung", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Pankreas#85,672Regungen#85,747Reinfeld#85,750obszönen#85,654

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list