Rührstück
[ˈʁyːɐ̯ˌʃtʏk]
The verdict
“Rührstück” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - „rührseliges, dem bürgerlichen Trauerspiel ähnliches, aber nicht tragisch endendes Schauspiel der Aufklärungszeit“
Corpus desk
Index DE-ruhrstuck · Rührstück · German
Rührstück · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Rührstück |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁyːɐ̯ˌʃtʏk] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Rührstück“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Rührstück is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁyːɐ̯ˌʃtʏk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Rührstück has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Rührstück, spelled R-Ü-H-R-S-T-Ü-C-K.
Definition
- 1„rührseliges, dem bürgerlichen Trauerspiel ähnliches, aber nicht tragisch endendes Schauspiel der Aufklärungszeit“
- 2übertragen: rührseliges künstlerisches Werk oder Geschehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Rührstück appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das vor ihren Augen ablaufende Rührstück selbstloser Liebe läutert sie nicht.“
Synonyms
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.