Rastlosigkeit
[ˈʁastloːzɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Rastlosigkeit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zustand der Angespanntheit und Aufgeregtheit
Corpus desk
Index DE-rastlosigkeit · Rastlosigkeit · German
Rastlosigkeit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rastlosigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁastloːzɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Rastlosigkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Rastlosigkeit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁastloːzɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zustand der Angespanntheit und Aufgeregtheit".
Rastlosigkeit doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Rastlosigkeit, spelled R-A-S-T-L-O-S-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Zustand der Angespanntheit und Aufgeregtheit
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Rastlosigkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Wie der Ruhe von «Die Kinder vom Napf» die Rastlosigkeit von Wyss gegenübersteht, so bestimmen auch, thematisch bedingt, ganz unterschiedliche dokumentarische Arbeitsweisen die Form der beiden Filme."
„Angesichts dieser alarmierenden Entwicklung muss daher dringend empfohlen werden, die gewohnte Rastlosigkeit auch in den Feiertagen fortzusetzen, um die Rückkehr ins Berufsleben nicht unnötig zu erschweren.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.