Spitzenleistung
[ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩ˌlaɪ̯stʊŋ]
The verdict
“Spitzenleistung” is uncommon German (frequency #77,347 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,347
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Handlung oder Ergebnis, die besonders geschätzt, gewürdigt, gelobt werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-spitzenleistung · Spitzenleistung · German
Spitzenleistung · rank #77,347 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,347
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH spirits
Nearest frequency peer: spirits (-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 „Spitzenleistung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Spielszenen
Spielszenen
22,657 corpus weight
- Spinnennetz
Spinnennetz
22,656 corpus weight
- spirits
spirits
22,655 corpus weight
- Spitzenleis…
Spitzenleistung
22,654 corpus weight
- spor
spor
22,652 corpus weight
- Sportartikel
Sportartikel
22,651 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Spitzenleistung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Spitzenleistung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩ˌlaɪ̯stʊŋ] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #77,347 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Spitzenleistung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Spitzenleistung is uncommon German at frequency #77,347 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩ˌlaɪ̯stʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Handlung oder Ergebnis, die besonders geschätzt, gewürdigt, gelobt werden".
Spitzenleistung doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Spitzenleistung, spelled S-P-I-T-Z-E-N-L-E-I-S-T-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Handlung oder Ergebnis, die besonders geschätzt, gewürdigt, gelobt werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Spitzenleistung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nach dieser Spitzenleistung wurde unsere kleine Elterngemeinschaft panisch.“
Synonyms
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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