threat
[θɹɛt]
The verdict
“threat” is uncommon German (frequency #52,488 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,488
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Bedrohung, die Gefahr
Corpus desk
Index DE-threat · threat · German
threat · rank #52,488 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,488
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH thermisch
Nearest frequency peer: thermisch (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “threat”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- texts
texts
47,517 corpus weight
- Themenkompl…
Themenkomplex
47,516 corpus weight
- thermisch
thermisch
47,515 corpus weight
- threat
threat
47,513 corpus weight
- Tiefland
Tiefland
47,511 corpus weight
- Tillmann
Tillmann
47,509 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “threat” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | threat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [θɹɛt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,488 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “threat” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
threat is uncommon German at frequency #52,488 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [θɹɛt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Bedrohung, die Gefahr".
threat has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is threat, spelled T-H-R-E-A-T.
Definition
- 1die Bedrohung, die Gefahr
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how threat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats. (Shakespeare)
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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