Rettungsdienste

[ˈʁɛtʊŋsˌdiːnstə]

/[ˈʁɛtʊŋsˌdiːnstə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Rettungsdienste” is uncommon German (frequency #56,473 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,473
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Rettungsdienst

Corpus desk

Index DE-rettungsdienste · Rettungsdienste · German

Rettungsdienste · rank #56,473 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,473
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH revenge

Nearest frequency peer: revenge (+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 „Rettungsdienste“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Rettungsdienste
PropertyValue
HeadwordRettungsdienste
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʁɛtʊŋsˌdiːnstə]
Letters15
Frequency rank#56,473
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Rettungsdienste“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Rettungsdienstefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „revenge“ (#56,474), „repeat“ (#56,471), „renard“ (#56,470). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Rettungsdienste“ bei #56,473. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Rettungsdienste is uncommon German at frequency #56,473 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁɛtʊŋsˌdiːnstə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Rettungsdienste has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Rettungsdienste, spelled R-E-T-T-U-N-G-S-D-I-E-N-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Rettungsdienst
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Rettungsdienst
  3. 3
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Rettungsdienst

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 "Rettungsdienste"?
"Rettungsdienste" is spelled R-E-T-T-U-N-G-S-D-I-E-N-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁɛtʊŋsˌdiːnstə].
What does "Rettungsdienste" mean?
As a noun, "Rettungsdienste" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Rettungsdienst
How do you pronounce "Rettungsdienste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Rettungsdienste" is [ˈʁɛtʊŋsˌdiːnstə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rechtsstaatlich#56,461Rechtsausschuss#56,460Problemlösungen#56,437Selbstversorger#56,524

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list