Reißbrettstift
[ˈʁaɪ̯sbʁɛtˌʃtɪft]
The verdict
“Reißbrettstift” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein kurzer Nagel mit einem großflächigen, platten Kopf zum Anheften von Papier
Corpus desk
Index DE-rei-brettstift · Reißbrettstift · German
Reißbrettstift · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | Reißbrettstift |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁaɪ̯sbʁɛtˌʃtɪft] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Reißbrettstift“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Reißbrettstift is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁaɪ̯sbʁɛtˌʃtɪft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein kurzer Nagel mit einem großflächigen, platten Kopf zum Anheften von Papier".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Reißbrettstift in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 Reißbrettstift, spelled R-E-I-S-S-B-R-E-T-T-S-T-I-F-T.
Definition
- 1ein kurzer Nagel mit einem großflächigen, platten Kopf zum Anheften von Papier
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Reißbrettstift appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Packe bitte die Reißbrettstifte wieder in die Schachtel.
Synonyms
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.