Ruhezeit
[ˈʁuːəˌt͡saɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Ruhezeit” is uncommon German (frequency #54,037 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,037
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zeit, in der geruht und nicht gearbeitet wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-ruhezeit · Ruhezeit · German
Ruhezeit · rank #54,037 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,037
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH ruhigem
Nearest frequency peer: ruhigem (+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 „Ruhezeit“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- rotierende
rotierende
45,966 corpus weight
- Ruhezeit
Ruhezeit
45,964 corpus weight
- ruhigem
ruhigem
45,963 corpus weight
- rötliche
rötliche
45,962 corpus weight
- Rückblende
Rückblende
45,961 corpus weight
- Rückeroberu…
Rückeroberung
45,960 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ruhezeit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ruhezeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁuːəˌt͡saɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,037 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ruhezeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ruhezeit is uncommon German at frequency #54,037 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁuːəˌt͡saɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zeit, in der geruht und nicht gearbeitet wird".
Ruhezeit has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Ruhezeit, spelled R-U-H-E-Z-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Zeit, in der geruht und nicht gearbeitet wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ruhezeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nach der vom Gesetz vorgeschriebenen Ruhezeit durfte er seine Lieferung zum Zielort bringen.
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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