Referentenentwurf
[ʁefəˈʁɛntn̩ʔɛntˌvʊʁf]
The verdict
“Referentenentwurf” is uncommon German (frequency #65,613 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,613
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von dem Referat eines Bundesministeriums erarbeitete Gesetzesvorlage, die noch nicht von der Bundesregierung beschlossen wurde
Corpus desk
Index DE-referentenentwurf · Referentenentwurf · German
Referentenentwurf · rank #65,613 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,613
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Rechtsklick
Nearest frequency peer: Rechtsklick (-1 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 „Referentenentwurf“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- recherchiere
recherchiere
34,391 corpus weight
- Rechtsanwäl…
Rechtsanwälten
34,390 corpus weight
- Rechtsklick
Rechtsklick
34,389 corpus weight
- Referentene…
Referentenentwurf
34,388 corpus weight
- regelrechter
regelrechter
34,387 corpus weight
- Regung
Regung
34,385 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Referentenentwurf“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Referentenentwurf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁefəˈʁɛntn̩ʔɛntˌvʊʁf] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Frequency rank | #65,613 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Referentenentwurf“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Referentenentwurf is uncommon German at frequency #65,613 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁefəˈʁɛntn̩ʔɛntˌvʊʁf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von dem Referat eines Bundesministeriums erarbeitete Gesetzesvorlage, die noch nicht von der Bundesregierung beschlossen wurde".
Referentenentwurf doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Referentenentwurf, spelled R-E-F-E-R-E-N-T-E-N-E-N-T-W-U-R-F.
Definition
- 1von dem Referat eines Bundesministeriums erarbeitete Gesetzesvorlage, die noch nicht von der Bundesregierung beschlossen wurde
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Referentenentwurf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bei der Vorbereitung des Referentenentwurfs zum Alterseinkünftegesetz hat das Bundesministerium der Finanzen die Problematik der doppelten Besteuerung noch einmal mit einem vereinfachten […] Berechnungsansatz überprüft.“
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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