telefon fără fir

[teleˈfon ˈfərə fir]

/[teleˈfon ˈfərə fir]/ noun

The verdict

“telefon fără fir” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — ein Telefon, das über Funk mit einer Basisstation verbunden ist und deshalb kein Kabel benötigt; ein schnurloses Telefon

Key facts for telefon fără fir
PropertyValue
Headwordtelefon fără fir
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[teleˈfon ˈfərə fir]
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “telefon fără fir” sits in German frequency

telefon fără fir falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for telefon fără fir is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [teleˈfon ˈfərə fir]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for telefon fără fir in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is telefon fără fir, spelled T-E-L-E-F-O-N- -F-Ă-R-Ă- -F-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein Telefon, das über Funk mit einer Basisstation verbunden ist und deshalb kein Kabel benötigt; ein schnurloses Telefon
  2. 2
    ein Kinderspiel, bei dem die Mitwirkenden in einem Kreis sitzen, in dem ein Spruch durch zuflüstern an den jeweiligen Nachbarn verbreitet wird, bis der Ausgangspunkt wieder erreicht ist. Die zuletzt empfangene Nachricht ist meist Anlass zu großer Heiterkeit, da der Unterschied zum ursprünglichen Spruch oft erheblich ist.

This word in other languages

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "telefon fără fir"?
"telefon fără fir" is spelled T-E-L-E-F-O-N- -F-Ă-R-Ă- -F-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is [teleˈfon ˈfərə fir].
What does "telefon fără fir" mean?
As a noun, "telefon fără fir" means: ein Telefon, das über Funk mit einer Basisstation verbunden ist und deshalb kein Kabel benötigt; ein schnurloses Telefon
How do you pronounce "telefon fără fir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "telefon fără fir" is [teleˈfon ˈfərə fir]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "telefon fără fir" come from?
"telefon fără fir" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “telefon fără fir”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is T-E-L-E-F-O-N- -F-Ă-R-Ă- -F-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [teleˈfon ˈfərə fir] (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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