Sportsmann
[ˈʃpɔʁt͡sman]
The verdict
“Sportsmann” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der regelmäßig/beruflich Sport betreibt
Corpus desk
Index DE-sportsmann · Sportsmann · German
Sportsmann · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Sportsmann |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpɔʁt͡sman] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sportsmann“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sportsmann is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpɔʁt͡sman]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Sportsmann has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Sportsmann, spelled S-P-O-R-T-S-M-A-N-N.
Definition
- 1jemand, der regelmäßig/beruflich Sport betreibt
- 2jemand, der sich fair, sportlich verhält
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sportsmann appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein bekannter Sportsmann, der von Beruf Pädagoge war, hatte mit etwa 30 Jahren die Glanzzeit seiner sportlichen Erfolge überschritten.
Ich bemerkte, wie warmes Blut an mir herunterrann und den Kragen meines Hemdes tränkte. „Ich dachte du wolltest ein fairer Sportsmann sein, …“
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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.