Sportvorstand

[ˈʃpɔʁtˌfoːɐ̯ʃtant]

/[ˈʃpɔʁtˌfoːɐ̯ʃtant]/ noun

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The verdict

“Sportvorstand” is uncommon German (frequency #88,318 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,318
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der einem Sportverein vorsteht

Corpus desk

Index DE-sportvorstand · Sportvorstand · German

Sportvorstand · rank #88,318 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,318
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Spoleto

Nearest frequency peer: Spoleto (-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 „Sportvorstand“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sportvorstand
PropertyValue
HeadwordSportvorstand
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃpɔʁtˌfoːɐ̯ʃtant]
Letters13
Frequency rank#88,318
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Sportvorstand“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Spoleto“ (#88,317), „Sprechzimmer“ (#88,319), „splitternackt“ (#88,316). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sportvorstand“ bei #88,318. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sportvorstand is uncommon German at frequency #88,318 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpɔʁtˌfoːɐ̯ʃtant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der einem Sportverein vorsteht".

Sportvorstand doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Sportvorstand, spelled S-P-O-R-T-V-O-R-S-T-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemand, der einem Sportverein vorsteht

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Im November 2013 verließ Sportdirektor Helmut Schulte den Verein nach nur einem Jahr und wurde neuer Sportvorstand bei Fortuna Düsseldorf.“
  2. „Ende Oktober 2013 traten Sportvorstand Javier Leon und Trainer Frank Klopas zurück.“

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 "Sportvorstand"?
"Sportvorstand" is spelled S-P-O-R-T-V-O-R-S-T-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpɔʁtˌfoːɐ̯ʃtant].
What does "Sportvorstand" mean?
As a noun, "Sportvorstand" means: jemand, der einem Sportverein vorsteht
How do you pronounce "Sportvorstand"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sportvorstand" is [ˈʃpɔʁtˌfoːɐ̯ʃtant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sportvorstand" come from?
"Sportvorstand" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

splitternackt#88,316statistischem#88,326Studentenzeit#88,351siebenhundert#88,284

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list