Respektsperson
[ʁeˈspɛkt͡spɛʁˌzoːn]
The verdict
“Respektsperson” 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) - Person, der mit Respekt begegnet wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-respektsperson · Respektsperson · German
Respektsperson · 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 | Respektsperson |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁeˈspɛkt͡spɛʁˌzoːn] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Respektsperson“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Respektsperson is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁeˈspɛkt͡spɛʁˌzoːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, der mit Respekt begegnet wird".
Respektsperson doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Respektsperson, spelled R-E-S-P-E-K-T-S-P-E-R-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1Person, der mit Respekt begegnet wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Respektsperson appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Eltern, der Gutsbesitzer und seine Frau, sind dagegen absolute Respektspersonen.“
„Der Lehrer oder noch häufiger die Lehrerin als Respektsperson stellt eine Frage, und der Schüler gibt eine verblüffende Antwort, die eine nonkonforme Antwort verrät.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.