Randerscheinung
[ˈʁantʔɛɐ̯ˌʃaɪ̯nʊŋ]
The verdict
“Randerscheinung” is uncommon German (frequency #98,960 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,960
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas, dessen Auftreten in einem bestimmten Zusammenhang als eher unbedeutend wahrgenommen wird, nebensächlich ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-randerscheinung · Randerscheinung · German
Randerscheinung · rank #98,960 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,960
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH ranlassen
Nearest frequency peer: ranlassen (+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 „Randerscheinung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- quirligen
quirligen
1,048 corpus weight
- raffiniertes
raffiniertes
1,046 corpus weight
- Randerschei…
Randerscheinung
1,041 corpus weight
- ranlassen
ranlassen
1,039 corpus weight
- Rathäusern
Rathäusern
1,037 corpus weight
- Rationierung
Rationierung
1,035 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Randerscheinung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Randerscheinung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁantʔɛɐ̯ˌʃaɪ̯nʊŋ] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #98,960 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Randerscheinung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Randerscheinung is uncommon German at frequency #98,960 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁantʔɛɐ̯ˌʃaɪ̯nʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas, dessen Auftreten in einem bestimmten Zusammenhang als eher unbedeutend wahrgenommen wird, nebensächlich ist".
Zero misspellings are on record for Randerscheinung in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 Randerscheinung, spelled R-A-N-D-E-R-S-C-H-E-I-N-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1etwas, dessen Auftreten in einem bestimmten Zusammenhang als eher unbedeutend wahrgenommen wird, nebensächlich ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Randerscheinung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ausgangs des 15. Jahrhunderts war die Hexenverfolgung noch vielerorts nur eine Randerscheinung.“
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 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).