Raubvogel
[ˈʁaʊ̯pˌfoːɡl̩]
The verdict
“Raubvogel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Greifvogel mit kräftigen Beinen, hakenartig gekrümmtem Schnabel und spitzen Krallen, die dem Greifen und Töten der Beute dienen
Corpus desk
Index DE-raubvogel · Raubvogel · German
Raubvogel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Raubvogel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁaʊ̯pˌfoːɡl̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Raubvogel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Raubvogel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁaʊ̯pˌfoːɡl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Greifvogel mit kräftigen Beinen, hakenartig gekrümmtem Schnabel und spitzen Krallen, die dem Greifen und Töten der Beute dienen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Raubvogel in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Raubvogel, spelled R-A-U-B-V-O-G-E-L.
Definition
- 1Greifvogel mit kräftigen Beinen, hakenartig gekrümmtem Schnabel und spitzen Krallen, die dem Greifen und Töten der Beute dienen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Raubvogel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Anzahl der beobachteten Raubvögel ging zurück.
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