Veterinär

[vetəʁiˈnɛːɐ̯]

/[vetəʁiˈnɛːɐ̯]/ noun

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The verdict

“Veterinär” is uncommon German (frequency #56,659 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,659
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fachsprachliche Bezeichnung für einen Tierarzt

Corpus desk

Index DE-veterinar · Veterinär · German

Veterinär · rank #56,659 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,659
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Verärgerung

Nearest frequency peer: Verärgerung (-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 „Veterinär“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Veterinär
PropertyValue
HeadwordVeterinär
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[vetəʁiˈnɛːɐ̯]
Letters9
Frequency rank#56,659
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Veterinär“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Veterinärfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Verärgerung“ (#56,658), „vil“ (#56,660), „Verzweigung“ (#56,657). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Veterinär“ bei #56,659. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Veterinär is uncommon German at frequency #56,659 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [vetəʁiˈnɛːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "fachsprachliche Bezeichnung für einen Tierarzt".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Veterinär, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 Veterinär, spelled V-E-T-E-R-I-N-Ä-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    fachsprachliche Bezeichnung für einen Tierarzt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Ein Veterinär blickte den Tieren, die sie erbeutet hatten, ins Maul.“

Synonyms

Tierarzt

This word in other languages

veterinarian(English)veterinario(Español)vétérinaire(Français)

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 "Veterinär"?
"Veterinär" is spelled V-E-T-E-R-I-N-Ä-R. The IPA pronunciation is [vetəʁiˈnɛːɐ̯].
What does "Veterinär" mean?
As a noun, "Veterinär" means: fachsprachliche Bezeichnung für einen Tierarzt
How do you pronounce "Veterinär"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Veterinär" is [vetəʁiˈnɛːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Veterinär" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Vizekönig#56,661Vorhängen#56,664Waldkirch#56,673Verlegers#56,641

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list