Statussymbol
[ˈʃtaːtʊszʏmˌboːl]
The verdict
“Statussymbol” is uncommon German (frequency #50,904 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,904
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas, mit dem jemand seine besondere Stellung in der Gesellschaft betonen will
Corpus desk
Index DE-statussymbol · Statussymbol · German
Statussymbol · rank #50,904 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,904
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH starting
Nearest frequency peer: starting (-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 „Statussymbol“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Spätschicht
Spätschicht
49,100 corpus weight
- Staatsdiener
Staatsdiener
49,099 corpus weight
- starting
starting
49,098 corpus weight
- Statussymbol
Statussymbol
49,097 corpus weight
- steigerten
steigerten
49,096 corpus weight
- Sternschnup…
Sternschnuppen
49,094 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Statussymbol“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Statussymbol |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtaːtʊszʏmˌboːl] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #50,904 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Statussymbol“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Statussymbol is uncommon German at frequency #50,904 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtaːtʊszʏmˌboːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas, mit dem jemand seine besondere Stellung in der Gesellschaft betonen will".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Statussymbol, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Statussymbol, spelled S-T-A-T-U-S-S-Y-M-B-O-L.
Definition
- 1etwas, mit dem jemand seine besondere Stellung in der Gesellschaft betonen will
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Statussymbol appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Haus als Statussymbol der Fulbe – das fand ich interessant, denn traditionell sind sie ein Nomadenvolk.“
„In Deutschland fallen die paar Pfunde über dem Gürtel nicht auf, in Äthiopien, wo ein Bäuchlein Statussymbol und das untrügliche Zeichen eines gewissen Wohlstands ist, schon.“
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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