Sievert
[ˈziːvɐt]
The verdict
“Sievert” is uncommon German (frequency #88,286 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,286
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maßeinheit der Äquivalentdosis, entspricht einem Joule pro Kilogramm
Corpus desk
Index DE-sievert · Sievert · German
Sievert · rank #88,286 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,286
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH siebenhundert
Nearest frequency peer: siebenhundert (-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 „Sievert“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Sexualtrieb
Sexualtrieb
11,719 corpus weight
- siebenhunde…
siebenhundert
11,717 corpus weight
- Sievert
Sievert
11,715 corpus weight
- sinfonia
sinfonia
11,713 corpus weight
- sink
sink
11,712 corpus weight
- Sizilianer
Sizilianer
11,711 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sievert“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sievert |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈziːvɐt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #88,286 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sievert“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sievert is uncommon German at frequency #88,286 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈziːvɐt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Maßeinheit der Äquivalentdosis, entspricht einem Joule pro Kilogramm".
Zero misspellings are on record for Sievert in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Sievert, spelled S-I-E-V-E-R-T.
Definition
- 1Maßeinheit der Äquivalentdosis, entspricht einem Joule pro Kilogramm
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Sievert appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Menschen, die durch ihren Beruf radioaktiver Strahlung ausgesetzt sind, dürfen im Laufe ihres Berufslebens maximal 0,4 Sievert ansammeln.
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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