Rettungsweste
[ˈʁɛtʊŋsˌvɛstə]
The verdict
“Rettungsweste” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - westenartiges Rettungsmittel, das man überziehen kann und das den Träger/die Trägerin vor dem Ertrinken schützt, selbst im Falle von Ohnmacht
Corpus desk
Index DE-rettungsweste · Rettungsweste · German
Rettungsweste · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | Rettungsweste |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁɛtʊŋsˌvɛstə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Rettungsweste“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Rettungsweste is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁɛtʊŋsˌvɛstə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "westenartiges Rettungsmittel, das man überziehen kann und das den Träger/die Trägerin vor dem Ertrinken schützt, selbst im Falle von Ohnmacht".
Rettungsweste doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Rettungsweste, spelled R-E-T-T-U-N-G-S-W-E-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1westenartiges Rettungsmittel, das man überziehen kann und das den Träger/die Trägerin vor dem Ertrinken schützt, selbst im Falle von Ohnmacht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Rettungsweste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Eine Rettungsweste liegt im Kleiderschrank.“
„Eggert gab Ari eine orangefarbene Rettungsweste.“
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.