rot-rot
[ˈʁoːtˌʁoːt]
The verdict
“rot-rot” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - aus der SPD und der Linkspartei gebildet, einer solchen Koalition betreffend
Corpus desk
Index DE-rot-rot · rot-rot · German
rot-rot · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | rot-rot |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʁoːtˌʁoːt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „rot-rot“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
rot-rot is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʁoːtˌʁoːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus der SPD und der Linkspartei gebildet, einer solchen Koalition betreffend".
rot-rot doesn't appear in our generated misspelling 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is rot-rot, spelled R-O-T---R-O-T.
Definition
- 1aus der SPD und der Linkspartei gebildet, einer solchen Koalition betreffend
Antonyms
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.