Serientäter
[ˈzeːʁiənˌtɛːtɐ]
The verdict
“Serientäter” is uncommon German (frequency #84,561 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,561
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der mehrere ähnliche Straftaten in einer Serie begeht oder begangen hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-serientater · Serientäter · German
Serientäter · rank #84,561 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,561
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Selbstgerecht…
Nearest frequency peer: Selbstgerechtigkeit (-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 „Serientäter“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Seerosen
Seerosen
15,444 corpus weight
- Seherin
Seherin
15,443 corpus weight
- Seiteneinga…
Seiteneingang
15,442 corpus weight
- Selbstgerec…
Selbstgerechtigkeit
15,441 corpus weight
- Serientäter
Serientäter
15,440 corpus weight
- Sexparty
Sexparty
15,439 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Serientäter“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Serientäter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzeːʁiənˌtɛːtɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #84,561 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Serientäter“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Serientäter is uncommon German at frequency #84,561 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzeːʁiənˌtɛːtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der mehrere ähnliche Straftaten in einer Serie begeht oder begangen hat".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Serientäter, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Serientäter, spelled S-E-R-I-E-N-T-Ä-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der mehrere ähnliche Straftaten in einer Serie begeht oder begangen hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Serientäter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein Einbrecher, der Ende November in Gmunden auf frischer Tat ertappt wurde, hat sich jetzt als Serientäter herausgestellt.“
„Der Mann, der bei dem Überfall einen 21-Jährigen erschoss, könnte ein Serientäter sein.“
Antonyms
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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