Räuberei
[ʁɔɪ̯bəˈʁaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Räuberei” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - anhaltendes, wiederholtes Rauben
Corpus desk
Index DE-rauberei · Räuberei · German
Räuberei · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Räuberei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁɔɪ̯bəˈʁaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Räuberei“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Räuberei is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁɔɪ̯bəˈʁaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "anhaltendes, wiederholtes Rauben".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Räuberei, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Räuberei, spelled R-Ä-U-B-E-R-E-I.
Definition
- 1anhaltendes, wiederholtes Rauben
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Räuberei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nahrung zu requirieren sei reine Notdurft, sagte er, bei Bildern und Gobelins fange die Räuberei an.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.