robbery

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The verdict

“robbery” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unrechtmäßiges Wegnehmen, meist mit Gewalt: Raub

Corpus desk

Index DE-robbery · robbery · German

robbery · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 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.

Key facts for robbery
PropertyValue
Headwordrobbery
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „robbery“ im Deutschen

robberysitzt jenseits der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Formen, im Schwanz spezialisierten oder seltenen Wortschatzes.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

robbery is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unrechtmäßiges Wegnehmen, meist mit Gewalt: Raub".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for robbery, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is robbery, spelled R-O-B-B-E-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    unrechtmäßiges Wegnehmen, meist mit Gewalt: Raub

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how robbery appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The gang committed a robbery.
  2. “John, 28, is serving eight years for robbery.”

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "robbery"?
"robbery" is spelled R-O-B-B-E-R-Y. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "robbery" mean?
As a noun, "robbery" means: unrechtmäßiges Wegnehmen, meist mit Gewalt: Raub
How do you pronounce "robbery"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "robbery" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "robbery" come from?
"robbery" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list