SDR

abbrev

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The verdict

“SDR” is uncommon German (frequency #77,305 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,305
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Süddeutscher Rundfunk

Corpus desk

Index DE-sdr · SDR · German

SDR · rank #77,305 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,305
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sekundenschne…

Nearest frequency peer: sekundenschnelle (+3 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 „SDR“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „SDR“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for SDR
PropertyValue
HeadwordSDR
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
Letters3
Frequency rank#77,305
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „SDR“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).SDRfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „sekundenschnelle“ (#77,308), „Schwefelwasserstoff“ (#77,301), „Schwarzenbek“ (#77,300). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „SDR“ bei #77,305. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

SDR is uncommon German at frequency #77,305 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

SDR doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is SDR, spelled S-D-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Süddeutscher Rundfunk
  2. 2
    Schutzverein Deutscher Rheder

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Der SWR ging aus dem Zusammenschluss von SWF und SDR hervor.“

Antonyms

BRDWhrMDRNDRNWDRORBRBrbbSFBSRSWFSWRWDR

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "SDR"?
"SDR" is spelled S-D-R.
What does "SDR" mean?
As an abbreviation, "SDR" means: Süddeutscher Rundfunk
What language does "SDR" come from?
"SDR" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "SDR", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

soy#77,335reo#77,242qkm#77,210TKG#77,422

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list