Ringkampf
[ˈʁɪŋˌkamp͡f]
The verdict
“Ringkampf” is uncommon German (frequency #84,481 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,481
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Auseinandersetzung, bei der zwei Personen miteinander ringen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ringkampf · Ringkampf · German
Ringkampf · rank #84,481 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,481
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Rikscha
Nearest frequency peer: Rikscha (-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 „Ringkampf“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Riegeln
Riegeln
15,523 corpus weight
- Riesenchance
Riesenchance
15,522 corpus weight
- Rikscha
Rikscha
15,521 corpus weight
- Ringkampf
Ringkampf
15,520 corpus weight
- Rippchen
Rippchen
15,518 corpus weight
- Rodungen
Rodungen
15,517 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ringkampf“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ringkampf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁɪŋˌkamp͡f] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #84,481 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ringkampf“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ringkampf is uncommon German at frequency #84,481 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁɪŋˌkamp͡f]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Ringkampf in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Ringkampf, spelled R-I-N-G-K-A-M-P-F.
Definition
- 1Auseinandersetzung, bei der zwei Personen miteinander ringen
- 2sportliche Disziplin, bei der gerungen wird
- 3Wettkampf in der Disziplin, bei der gerungen wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ringkampf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein kleiner Ringkampf folgte.“
„Die Soldaten unterhielten sich mit allerlei Spielchen, veranstalteten Ringkämpfe und Pferderennen oder kletterten auf Bäume, um Ausschau zu halten.“
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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