Reisig
[ˈʁaɪ̯zɪç]
The verdict
“Reisig” is uncommon German (frequency #70,723 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,723
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dürre, trockene Zweige, die von Bäumen oder Büschen abgefallen sind und häufig als Brennmaterial benutzt werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-reisig · Reisig · German
Reisig · rank #70,723 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,723
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Rektum
Nearest frequency peer: Rektum (+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 „Reisig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Reihenhäuser
Reihenhäuser
29,283 corpus weight
- reinform
reinform
29,281 corpus weight
- Reisig
Reisig
29,278 corpus weight
- Rektum
Rektum
29,277 corpus weight
- reservierte
reservierte
29,276 corpus weight
- respektablen
respektablen
29,275 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Reisig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Reisig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁaɪ̯zɪç] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #70,723 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Reisig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Reisig is uncommon German at frequency #70,723 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁaɪ̯zɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Reisig in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Reisig, spelled R-E-I-S-I-G.
Definition
- 1dürre, trockene Zweige, die von Bäumen oder Büschen abgefallen sind und häufig als Brennmaterial benutzt werden
- 2das Gebüsch, das aus lebenden Ästen und Zweigen besteht
- 3ein Reis (Laubzweig oder Rebe), das bei der Übertragung eines Baumgartens, Waldgrundes oder Weinberges durch Verkauf in den Boden gesteckt oder überreicht wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Reisig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bevor wir das Lagerfeuer anmachen können, müsst ihr Reisig sammeln gehen.
„In der Feuerstelle war noch Glut, er legte Reisig darüber, ließ es anglühen, blies es hoch, legte Holz darauf und schob das Feuer zwischen zwei Steine.“
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).