Rettungsschirm
[ˈʁɛtʊŋsˌʃɪʁm]
The verdict
“Rettungsschirm” is uncommon German (frequency #80,848 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,848
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Rettungsfallschirm, mit dessen Hilfe eine in der Luft in Not geratene Person (ein Pilot, ein Fallschirmspringer), sicher auf die Erde hinabgelangen kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-rettungsschirm · Rettungsschirm · German
Rettungsschirm · rank #80,848 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,848
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH retrospektiv
Nearest frequency peer: retrospektiv (-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 „Rettungsschirm“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Reparations…
Reparationszahlungen
19,157 corpus weight
- Reservist
Reservist
19,156 corpus weight
- respektabel
respektabel
19,155 corpus weight
- retrospektiv
retrospektiv
19,154 corpus weight
- Rettungssch…
Rettungsschirm
19,153 corpus weight
- revidierten
revidierten
19,151 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Rettungsschirm“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rettungsschirm |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁɛtʊŋsˌʃɪʁm] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #80,848 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Rettungsschirm“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Rettungsschirm is uncommon German at frequency #80,848 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁɛtʊŋsˌʃɪʁm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Rettungsschirm in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Rettungsschirm, spelled R-E-T-T-U-N-G-S-S-C-H-I-R-M.
Definition
- 1ein Rettungsfallschirm, mit dessen Hilfe eine in der Luft in Not geratene Person (ein Pilot, ein Fallschirmspringer), sicher auf die Erde hinabgelangen kann
- 2die Gesamtheit aller Maßnahmen, um eine kritische politische, wirtschaftliche oder soziale Lage zu entschärfen und im Sinne des Allgemeinwohls verträglich zu lösen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Rettungsschirm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Fallschirmspringer ist unverletzt mit seinem Rettungsschirm gelandet.
Der Rettungsschirm für den Euro muss abermals vergrößert werden.
Synonyms
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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