Rettungsdienstes
[ˈʁɛtʊŋsˌdiːnstəs]
The verdict
“Rettungsdienstes” is uncommon German (frequency #79,631 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,631
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Rettungsdienst
Corpus desk
Index DE-rettungsdienstes · Rettungsdienstes · German
Rettungsdienstes · rank #79,631 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,631
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH requests
Nearest frequency peer: requests (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Rettungsdienstes”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- remakes
remakes
20,373 corpus weight
- Rentenversi…
Rentenversicherungen
20,372 corpus weight
- requests
requests
20,371 corpus weight
- Rettungsdie…
Rettungsdienstes
20,370 corpus weight
- Revoluzzer
Revoluzzer
20,369 corpus weight
- Rheinlande
Rheinlande
20,368 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Rettungsdienstes” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rettungsdienstes |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁɛtʊŋsˌdiːnstəs] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #79,631 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rettungsdienstes” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Rettungsdienstes is uncommon German at frequency #79,631 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁɛtʊŋsˌdiːnstəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Rettungsdienst".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Rettungsdienstes, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Rettungsdienstes, spelled R-E-T-T-U-N-G-S-D-I-E-N-S-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular 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.
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