Privatunterricht

[pʁiˈvaːtˌʔʊntɐʁɪçt]

/[pʁiˈvaːtˌʔʊntɐʁɪçt]/ noun

The verdict

“Privatunterricht” is uncommon German (frequency #68,580 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,580
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - privat initiierter (und gegebenenfalls bezahlter) Unterricht

Corpus desk

Index DE-privatunterricht · Privatunterricht · German

Privatunterricht · rank #68,580 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,580
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH presented

Nearest frequency peer: presented (-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 „Privatunterricht“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Privatunterricht
PropertyValue
HeadwordPrivatunterricht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pʁiˈvaːtˌʔʊntɐʁɪçt]
Letters16
Frequency rank#68,580
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Privatunterricht“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Privatunterrichtfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „presented“ (#68,579), „processes“ (#68,581), „preiswertes“ (#68,578). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Privatunterricht“ bei #68,580. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Privatunterricht is uncommon German at frequency #68,580 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pʁiˈvaːtˌʔʊntɐʁɪçt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "privat initiierter (und gegebenenfalls bezahlter) Unterricht".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Privatunterricht, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Privatunterricht, spelled P-R-I-V-A-T-U-N-T-E-R-R-I-C-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    privat initiierter (und gegebenenfalls bezahlter) Unterricht

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Zuvor musste er auf die Aufnahmeprüfung in die Sexta vorbereitet werden, was im Privatunterricht des Vaters geschehen sollte.“
  2. „Stattdessen erhielt er Privatunterricht von Simón Rodríguez und Andrés Bello, die beide später mit gesellschaftsanalytischen Schriften bekannt wurden.“

This word in other languages

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 "Privatunterricht"?
"Privatunterricht" is spelled P-R-I-V-A-T-U-N-T-E-R-R-I-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁiˈvaːtˌʔʊntɐʁɪçt].
What does "Privatunterricht" mean?
As a noun, "Privatunterricht" means: privat initiierter (und gegebenenfalls bezahlter) Unterricht
How do you pronounce "Privatunterricht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Privatunterricht" is [pʁiˈvaːtˌʔʊntɐʁɪçt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Privatunterricht" come from?
"Privatunterricht" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list