Regierungssitz
[ʁeˈɡiːʁʊŋsˌzɪt͡s]
The verdict
“Regierungssitz” is uncommon German (frequency #57,350 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,350
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - der Ort eines Staates, an dem die Regierung ansässig ist, in der Regel die Hauptstadt des Landes, weswegen man nur in den Fällen explizit vom „Regierungssitz“ spricht, wenn dies anders festgelegt ist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Regierungssitz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁeˈɡiːʁʊŋsˌzɪt͡s] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #57,350 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Regierungssitz” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Regierungssitz is uncommon German at frequency #57,350 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁeˈɡiːʁʊŋsˌzɪt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Ort eines Staates, an dem die Regierung ansässig ist, in der Regel die Hauptstadt des Landes, weswegen man nur in den Fällen explizit vom „Regierungssitz“ spricht, wenn dies anders festgelegt ist".
Regierungssitz has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Regierungssitz, spelled R-E-G-I-E-R-U-N-G-S-S-I-T-Z.
Definition
- 1der Ort eines Staates, an dem die Regierung ansässig ist, in der Regel die Hauptstadt des Landes, weswegen man nur in den Fällen explizit vom „Regierungssitz“ spricht, wenn dies anders festgelegt ist
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); 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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- The one correct German spelling is R-E-G-I-E-R-U-N-G-S-S-I-T-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.