Seeräuber

[ˈzeːˌʁɔɪ̯bɐ]

/[ˈzeːˌʁɔɪ̯bɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Seeräuber” is uncommon German (frequency #60,066 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,066
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die ihren Lebensunterhalt dadurch verdient, dass sie auf dem Meer Schiffe überfällt und ausraubt

Corpus desk

Index DE-seerauber · Seeräuber · German

Seeräuber · rank #60,066 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,066
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sedimenten

Nearest frequency peer: Sedimenten (-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 „Seeräuber“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Seeräuber
PropertyValue
HeadwordSeeräuber
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈzeːˌʁɔɪ̯bɐ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#60,066
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Seeräuber“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Seeräuberfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sedimenten“ (#60,065), „segnete“ (#60,067), „sehnlichst“ (#60,068). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Seeräuber“ bei #60,066. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Seeräuber is uncommon German at frequency #60,066 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzeːˌʁɔɪ̯bɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die ihren Lebensunterhalt dadurch verdient, dass sie auf dem Meer Schiffe überfällt und ausraubt".

Zero misspellings are on record for Seeräuber in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Seeräuber, spelled S-E-E-R-Ä-U-B-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die ihren Lebensunterhalt dadurch verdient, dass sie auf dem Meer Schiffe überfällt und ausraubt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Seeräuber enterten das Schiff.
  2. Klaus Störtebeker war ein legendärer Seeräuber.

Synonyms

PiratFreibeuterKorsar

This word in other languages

pirate(English)pirate(Français)

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 "Seeräuber"?
"Seeräuber" is spelled S-E-E-R-Ä-U-B-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzeːˌʁɔɪ̯bɐ].
What does "Seeräuber" mean?
As a noun, "Seeräuber" means: Person, die ihren Lebensunterhalt dadurch verdient, dass sie auf dem Meer Schiffe überfällt und ausraubt
How do you pronounce "Seeräuber"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Seeräuber" is [ˈzeːˌʁɔɪ̯bɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Seeräuber" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schäubles#60,061schwächte#60,060Sieglinde#60,076schnaufen#60,047

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list