Rettungsboot
[ˈʁɛtʊŋsˌboːt]
The verdict
“Rettungsboot” is uncommon German (frequency #54,836 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,836
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleines Beiboot eines Schiffes, zur Rettung der an Bord befindlichen Personen im Falle einer Havarie
Corpus desk
Index DE-rettungsboot · Rettungsboot · German
Rettungsboot · rank #54,836 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,836
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Reservation
Nearest frequency peer: Reservation (-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 „Rettungsboot“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Reisegruppe
Reisegruppe
45,168 corpus weight
- Reservation
Reservation
45,166 corpus weight
- Rettungsboot
Rettungsboot
45,165 corpus weight
- revolutioni…
revolutioniert
45,164 corpus weight
- Rheingold
Rheingold
45,163 corpus weight
- Rohmaterial
Rohmaterial
45,162 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Rettungsboot“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rettungsboot |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁɛtʊŋsˌboːt] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #54,836 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Rettungsboot“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Rettungsboot is uncommon German at frequency #54,836 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁɛtʊŋsˌboːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleines Beiboot eines Schiffes, zur Rettung der an Bord befindlichen Personen im Falle einer Havarie".
Rettungsboot doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Rettungsboot, spelled R-E-T-T-U-N-G-S-B-O-O-T.
Definition
- 1kleines Beiboot eines Schiffes, zur Rettung der an Bord befindlichen Personen im Falle einer Havarie
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Rettungsboot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Alle Mann in die Rettungsboote!
„Im Rettungsboot gondelte Luckner daraufhin 2300 Seemeilen durch die Südsee, bis er in neuseeländische Kriegsgefangenschaft geriet.“
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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