Regiolekt
[ʁeɡi̯oˈlɛkt]
The verdict
“Regiolekt” 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) - auf eine bestimmte Region beschränkte Varietät einer Sprache
Corpus desk
Index DE-regiolekt · Regiolekt · German
Regiolekt · 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 | Regiolekt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁeɡi̯oˈlɛkt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Regiolekt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Regiolekt is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁeɡi̯oˈlɛkt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf eine bestimmte Region beschränkte Varietät einer Sprache".
No misspelling variants are generated for Regiolekt in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 Regiolekt, spelled R-E-G-I-O-L-E-K-T.
Definition
- 1auf eine bestimmte Region beschränkte Varietät einer Sprache
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Regiolekt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wir verlassen den Bereich der Dialekte und Regiolekte und kehren zu den gemeinsprachlichen Bezeichnungen für die Repräsentantinnen des »ältesten Gewerbes der Welt« zurück…“
„Ohne Basiskenntnisse der Sprachvarietäten beziehungsweise der Regiolekte kommt man schwer voran.“
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.