Sportgerät

[ˈʃpɔʁtɡəˌʁɛːt]

/[ˈʃpɔʁtɡəˌʁɛːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Sportgerät” is uncommon German (frequency #75,074 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,074
frequency rank, German
107,600
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Apparat für Leibesertüchtigung oder Wettkämpfe

Key facts for Sportgerät
PropertyValue
HeadwordSportgerät
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃpɔʁtɡəˌʁɛːt]
Letters10
Frequency rank#75,074
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Sportgerät” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Sportgerät lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sportgerät is uncommon German at frequency #75,074 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpɔʁtɡəˌʁɛːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein Apparat für Leibesertüchtigung oder Wettkämpfe".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Sportgerät, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Sportgerät, spelled S-P-O-R-T-G-E-R-Ä-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein Apparat für Leibesertüchtigung oder Wettkämpfe

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 "Sportgerät"?
"Sportgerät" is spelled S-P-O-R-T-G-E-R-Ä-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpɔʁtɡəˌʁɛːt].
What does "Sportgerät" mean?
As a noun, "Sportgerät" means: ein Apparat für Leibesertüchtigung oder Wettkämpfe
How do you pronounce "Sportgerät"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sportgerät" is [ˈʃpɔʁtɡəˌʁɛːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sportgerät" come from?
"Sportgerät" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Sportgerät”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is S-P-O-R-T-G-E-R-Ä-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈʃpɔʁtɡəˌʁɛːt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list