Spielgegner
[ˈʃpiːlˌɡeːɡnɐ]
The verdict
“Spielgegner” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gegenspieler, Kontrahent in einem spielerischen Wettbewerb
Corpus desk
Index DE-spielgegner · Spielgegner · German
Spielgegner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Spielgegner |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpiːlˌɡeːɡnɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Spielgegner” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Spielgegner is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpiːlˌɡeːɡnɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gegenspieler, Kontrahent in einem spielerischen Wettbewerb".
Spielgegner doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Spielgegner, spelled S-P-I-E-L-G-E-G-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Gegenspieler, Kontrahent in einem spielerischen Wettbewerb
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Spielgegner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Spielgegner wird aus dem Mitspielkreis nach draußen verlagert und kann so gemeinsam bekämpft werden.“
„Das emanzipatorische Lernziel des geplanten Curriculums, die Vermittlung von sozialen Fähigkeiten zur Bewältigung sozialer Konflikte, kann nicht erreicht werden, wenn der Grundkonflikt zwischen den Spielgegnern während des Spielablaufs ständig reproduziert wird.“
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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.
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