Privatfernsehen
[pʁiˈvaːtˌfɛʁnzeːən]
The verdict
“Privatfernsehen” is uncommon German (frequency #71,730 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,730
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fernsehen, das in privater (statt in öffentlich-rechtlicher) Trägerschaft betrieben wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-privatfernsehen · Privatfernsehen · German
Privatfernsehen · rank #71,730 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,730
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH printing
Nearest frequency peer: printing (-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 „Privatfernsehen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Postulat
Postulat
28,276 corpus weight
- Potts
Potts
28,275 corpus weight
- Pressetext
Pressetext
28,273 corpus weight
- printing
printing
28,272 corpus weight
- Privatferns…
Privatfernsehen
28,271 corpus weight
- Produktions…
Produktionsmitteln
28,269 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Privatfernsehen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Privatfernsehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁiˈvaːtˌfɛʁnzeːən] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #71,730 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Privatfernsehen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Privatfernsehen is uncommon German at frequency #71,730 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pʁiˈvaːtˌfɛʁnzeːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fernsehen, das in privater (statt in öffentlich-rechtlicher) Trägerschaft betrieben wird".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Privatfernsehen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Privatfernsehen, spelled P-R-I-V-A-T-F-E-R-N-S-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Fernsehen, das in privater (statt in öffentlich-rechtlicher) Trägerschaft betrieben wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Privatfernsehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nach Einführung des Privatfernsehens brachen die Zuschauerzahlen weiter ein.“
„Im deutschen Privatfernsehen gab es eine Sendung, die die Vermutung vieler besorgter Menschen thematisierte, die Welt würde womöglich von Außerirdischen attackiert.“
Antonyms
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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