reiferen

[ˈʁaɪ̯fəʁən]

/[ˈʁaɪ̯fəʁən]/ adj

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The verdict

“reiferen” is uncommon German (frequency #76,098 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,098
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs reif

Corpus desk

Index DE-reiferen · reiferen · German

reiferen · rank #76,098 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,098
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Reichshauptst…

Nearest frequency peer: Reichshauptstadt (-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 „reiferen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „reiferen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for reiferen
PropertyValue
Headwordreiferen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʁaɪ̯fəʁən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#76,098
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „reiferen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).reiferenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Reichshauptstadt“ (#76,097), „reinigte“ (#76,099), „Regulator“ (#76,096). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „reiferen“ bei #76,098. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

reiferen is uncommon German at frequency #76,098 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʁaɪ̯fəʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for reiferen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is reiferen, spelled R-E-I-F-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs reif
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs reif
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs reif
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs reif
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs reif
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs reif
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs reif
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs reif
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs reif
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs reif
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs reif
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs reif

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "reiferen"?
"reiferen" is spelled R-E-I-F-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁaɪ̯fəʁən].
What does "reiferen" mean?
As an adjective, "reiferen" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs reif
How do you pronounce "reiferen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "reiferen" is [ˈʁaɪ̯fəʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "reiferen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "reiferen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

reinigte#76,099Retouren#76,104quälende#76,079Quizshow#76,078

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list