Reiselust

[ˈʁaɪ̯zəˌlʊst]

/[ˈʁaɪ̯zəˌlʊst]/ noun

The verdict

“Reiselust” is uncommon German (frequency #90,803 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,803
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - innerer Drang nach/Lust auf Reisen

Corpus desk

Index DE-reiselust · Reiselust · German

Reiselust · rank #90,803 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,803
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH reinzuziehen

Nearest frequency peer: reinzuziehen (-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 „Reiselust“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Reiselust
PropertyValue
HeadwordReiselust
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʁaɪ̯zəˌlʊst]
Letters9
Frequency rank#90,803
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Reiselust“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Reiselustfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „reinzuziehen“ (#90,802), „rekrutierten“ (#90,804), „relatives“ (#90,805). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Reiselust“ bei #90,803. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Reiselust is uncommon German at frequency #90,803 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁaɪ̯zəˌlʊst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "innerer Drang nach/Lust auf Reisen".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Reiselust, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

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 Reiselust, spelled R-E-I-S-E-L-U-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    innerer Drang nach/Lust auf Reisen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Reiselust appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Selten war die Reiselust im gehobenen Bürgertum größer, die noch geöffneten Hotels in ländlichen Ferienorten so überfüllt wie 1916/17.“

Synonyms

Reisefreudigkeit

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 "Reiselust"?
"Reiselust" is spelled R-E-I-S-E-L-U-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁaɪ̯zəˌlʊst].
What does "Reiselust" mean?
As a noun, "Reiselust" means: innerer Drang nach/Lust auf Reisen
How do you pronounce "Reiselust"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Reiselust" is [ˈʁaɪ̯zəˌlʊst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Reiselust" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list