Spitzenverdiener

[ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩fɛɐ̯ˌdiːnɐ]

/[ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩fɛɐ̯ˌdiːnɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Spitzenverdiener” is uncommon German (frequency #92,241 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,241
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (männliche^☆) Person, die ein weit überdurchschnittliches Einkommen erzielt

Corpus desk

Index DE-spitzenverdiener · Spitzenverdiener · German

Spitzenverdiener · rank #92,241 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,241
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Spielmöglichk…

Nearest frequency peer: Spielmöglichkeiten (-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 „Spitzenverdiener“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Spitzenverdiener“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Spitzenverdiener
PropertyValue
HeadwordSpitzenverdiener
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩fɛɐ̯ˌdiːnɐ]
Letters16
Frequency rank#92,241
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Spitzenverdiener“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Spitzenverdienerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Spielmöglichkeiten“ (#92,240), „speziellere“ (#92,239), „Speiseraum“ (#92,238). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Spitzenverdiener“ bei #92,241. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Spitzenverdiener is uncommon German at frequency #92,241 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩fɛɐ̯ˌdiːnɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(männliche^☆) Person, die ein weit überdurchschnittliches Einkommen erzielt".

No misspelling variants are generated for Spitzenverdiener in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Spitzenverdiener, spelled S-P-I-T-Z-E-N-V-E-R-D-I-E-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    (männliche^☆) Person, die ein weit überdurchschnittliches Einkommen erzielt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Spitzenverdiener appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die Finanzierung des Wohlfahrtsstaats erfolgt zumeist über hohe Steuern und Abgaben – insbesondere bei Spitzenverdienern.“
  2. […] „Diese Spitzenverdiener des oberen einen Prozents »haben zusammen mehr vorsteuerliches Einkommen als die 120 Millionen ärmsten Menschen« in den USA.“

Synonyms

GroßverdienerHöchstverdienerTopverdiener

Antonyms

GeringverdienerKleinverdienerNiedrigverdiener

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Spitzenverdiener"?
"Spitzenverdiener" is spelled S-P-I-T-Z-E-N-V-E-R-D-I-E-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩fɛɐ̯ˌdiːnɐ].
What does "Spitzenverdiener" mean?
As a noun, "Spitzenverdiener" means: (männliche^☆) Person, die ein weit überdurchschnittliches Einkommen erzielt
How do you pronounce "Spitzenverdiener"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Spitzenverdiener" is [ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩fɛɐ̯ˌdiːnɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Spitzenverdiener" come from?
"Spitzenverdiener" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Spitzenverdiener", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list