Raketenwerfer
[ʁaˈkeːtn̩ˌvɛʁfɐ]
The verdict
“Raketenwerfer” is uncommon German (frequency #58,195 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,195
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vorrichtung zum Starten von Raketenwaffen
Corpus desk
Index DE-raketenwerfer · Raketenwerfer · German
Raketenwerfer · rank #58,195 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,195
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH rasiere
Nearest frequency peer: rasiere (+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 „Raketenwerfer“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- qin
qin
41,809 corpus weight
- Raketenwerf…
Raketenwerfer
41,806 corpus weight
- rasiere
rasiere
41,804 corpus weight
- Rassentrenn…
Rassentrennung
41,803 corpus weight
- Raumschiffs
Raumschiffs
41,802 corpus weight
- razor
razor
41,800 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Raketenwerfer“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Raketenwerfer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁaˈkeːtn̩ˌvɛʁfɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #58,195 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Raketenwerfer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Raketenwerfer is uncommon German at frequency #58,195 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁaˈkeːtn̩ˌvɛʁfɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vorrichtung zum Starten von Raketenwaffen".
No misspelling variants are generated for Raketenwerfer in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Raketenwerfer, spelled R-A-K-E-T-E-N-W-E-R-F-E-R.
Definition
- 1Vorrichtung zum Starten von Raketenwaffen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Raketenwerfer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Türkei hat bei der NATO formell die Stationierung von Patriot-Raketenwerfern an der Grenze zu Syrien beantragt.“
„Georgiens Präsident ist stolz auf den neuen Raketenwerfer seiner Streitkräfte — den ersten aus eigener Herstellung.“
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.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).