Reservist

[ʁezɛʁˈvɪst]

/[ʁezɛʁˈvɪst]/ noun

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The verdict

“Reservist” is uncommon German (frequency #80,845 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,845
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Militär: ausgebildeter Soldat, der aus dem Militärdienst ausgeschieden ist, aber bei Bedarf jederzeit einberufen werden kann

Corpus desk

Index DE-reservist · Reservist · German

Reservist · rank #80,845 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,845
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Reparationsza…

Nearest frequency peer: Reparationszahlungen (-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 „Reservist“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Reservist
PropertyValue
HeadwordReservist
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʁezɛʁˈvɪst]
Letters9
Frequency rank#80,845
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Reservist“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Reparationszahlungen“ (#80,844), „respektabel“ (#80,846), „Rennradfahrer“ (#80,843). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Reservist“ bei #80,845. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Reservist is uncommon German at frequency #80,845 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁezɛʁˈvɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Reservist doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 Reservist, spelled R-E-S-E-R-V-I-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Militär: ausgebildeter Soldat, der aus dem Militärdienst ausgeschieden ist, aber bei Bedarf jederzeit einberufen werden kann
  2. 2
    Sport: jemand, der jederzeit in einem sportlichen Wettkampf eingesetzt werden kann

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Bei der Mobilmachung strömten die Reservisten und Freiwilligen zu den Fahnen.“
  2. „Das bedeutete, dass zunächst Reservisten sich in den Kasernen ihrer Stammeinheiten zu melden hatten.“

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 "Reservist"?
"Reservist" is spelled R-E-S-E-R-V-I-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁezɛʁˈvɪst].
What does "Reservist" mean?
As a noun, "Reservist" means: Militär: ausgebildeter Soldat, der aus dem Militärdienst ausgeschieden ist, aber bei Bedarf jederzeit einberufen werden kann
How do you pronounce "Reservist"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Reservist" is [ʁezɛʁˈvɪst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Reservist" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Rohrbruch#80,858reactions#80,830ruinierte#80,865rumkommen#80,866

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list