Privatsammlung

[pʁiˈvaːtˌzamlʊŋ]

/[pʁiˈvaːtˌzamlʊŋ]/ noun

The verdict

“Privatsammlung” is uncommon German (frequency #63,665 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,665
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sammlung, die sich in Privatbesitz befindet

Corpus desk

Index DE-privatsammlung · Privatsammlung · German

Privatsammlung · rank #63,665 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,665
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH priest

Nearest frequency peer: priest (-2 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 „Privatsammlung“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Privatsammlung
PropertyValue
HeadwordPrivatsammlung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pʁiˈvaːtˌzamlʊŋ]
Letters14
Frequency rank#63,665
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Privatsammlung“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Privatsammlungfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „priest“ (#63,663), „presste“ (#63,662), „Prozessionen“ (#63,668). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Privatsammlung“ bei #63,665. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Privatsammlung is uncommon German at frequency #63,665 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pʁiˈvaːtˌzamlʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sammlung, die sich in Privatbesitz befindet".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Privatsammlung, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Privatsammlung, spelled P-R-I-V-A-T-S-A-M-M-L-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sammlung, die sich in Privatbesitz befindet

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „So diente er sich mit seinen Fachkenntnissen in Sachen Kunst der Moderne den Herrschenden an, als die Eroberungspolitik begann und die Deutschen ihre Raubzüge in Museen und Privatsammlungen der besetzten Gebiete aufnahmen.“
  2. „Ich kannte seine Privatsammlung.“

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 "Privatsammlung"?
"Privatsammlung" is spelled P-R-I-V-A-T-S-A-M-M-L-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁiˈvaːtˌzamlʊŋ].
What does "Privatsammlung" mean?
As a noun, "Privatsammlung" means: Sammlung, die sich in Privatbesitz befindet
How do you pronounce "Privatsammlung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Privatsammlung" is [pʁiˈvaːtˌzamlʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Privatsammlung" come from?
"Privatsammlung" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list