sexuelle Orientierung
[sɛksuˈɛlə oʁiɛnˈtiːʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“sexuelle Orientierung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ausrichtung des Geschlechtstriebs (und meist auch des romantischen Interesses) im Hinblick auf das Geschlecht potenzieller Partner
Corpus desk
Index DE-sexuelle-orientierung · sexuelle Orientierung · German
sexuelle Orientierung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-10 10 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | sexuelle Orientierung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [sɛksuˈɛlə oʁiɛnˈtiːʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sexuelle Orientierung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sexuelle Orientierung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [sɛksuˈɛlə oʁiɛnˈtiːʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ausrichtung des Geschlechtstriebs (und meist auch des romantischen Interesses) im Hinblick auf das Geschlecht potenzieller Partner".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sexuelle Orientierung, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is sexuelle Orientierung, spelled S-E-X-U-E-L-L-E- -O-R-I-E-N-T-I-E-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Ausrichtung des Geschlechtstriebs (und meist auch des romantischen Interesses) im Hinblick auf das Geschlecht potenzieller Partner
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sexuelle Orientierung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„So subsumiert etwa der UN-Ausschuss für wirtschaftliche, soziale und kulturelle Rechte sexuelle Orientierung unter den Begriff ‚sonstiger Status‘ in Art. 2 Abs. 2 IPwskR.“
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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.