Serienkiller
[ˈzeːʁiənˌkɪlɐ]
The verdict
“Serienkiller” is uncommon German (frequency #69,692 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,692
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Killer, der mehrere ähnliche Morde in einer Serie begeht oder begangen hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-serienkiller · Serienkiller · German
Serienkiller · rank #69,692 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,692
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH serielle
Nearest frequency peer: serielle (-2 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 „Serienkiller“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- selbstironi…
selbstironisch
30,313 corpus weight
- Sendungsver…
Sendungsverfolgung
30,312 corpus weight
- serielle
serielle
30,311 corpus weight
- Serienkiller
Serienkiller
30,309 corpus weight
- shrimps
shrimps
30,307 corpus weight
- Sicherheits…
Sicherheitsgurt
30,306 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Serienkiller“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Serienkiller |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzeːʁiənˌkɪlɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #69,692 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Serienkiller“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Serienkiller is uncommon German at frequency #69,692 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzeːʁiənˌkɪlɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Killer, der mehrere ähnliche Morde in einer Serie begeht oder begangen hat".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Serienkiller in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Serienkiller, spelled S-E-R-I-E-N-K-I-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Killer, der mehrere ähnliche Morde in einer Serie begeht oder begangen hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Serienkiller appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mindestens sieben Frauen soll er auf bestialische Weise ermordet haben, nun konnte der 43-jährige Serienkiller im US-Bundesstaat Indiana gefasst werden.“
„Der Polizei in den USA ist ein mutmasslicher Serienkiller ins Netz gegangen.“
Synonyms
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); 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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