Rucksacktourist
[ˈʁʊkzaktuˌʁɪst]
The verdict
“Rucksacktourist” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tourist, der mit einer sehr geringen, in einem Rucksack mitgeführten Menge an Gepäck reist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rucksacktourist |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁʊkzaktuˌʁɪst] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rucksacktourist” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Rucksacktourist is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁʊkzaktuˌʁɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tourist, der mit einer sehr geringen, in einem Rucksack mitgeführten Menge an Gepäck reist".
Rucksacktourist doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Rucksacktourist, spelled R-U-C-K-S-A-C-K-T-O-U-R-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Tourist, der mit einer sehr geringen, in einem Rucksack mitgeführten Menge an Gepäck reist
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “Rucksacktourist”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-U-C-K-S-A-C-K-T-O-U-R-I-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʁʊkzaktuˌʁɪst] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.