vogelfrei
[ˈfoːɡl̩fʁaɪ̯]
The verdict
“vogelfrei” is uncommon German (frequency #66,843 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,843
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - als Strafe vom Reichsacht betroffen; ausgestoßen, keine Rechte und kein Eigentum mehr besitzend
Corpus desk
Index DE-vogelfrei · vogelfrei · German
vogelfrei · rank #66,843 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,843
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vine
Nearest frequency peer: vine (-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 „vogelfrei“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Videokameras
Videokameras
33,162 corpus weight
- vim
vim
33,160 corpus weight
- vine
vine
33,159 corpus weight
- vogelfrei
vogelfrei
33,158 corpus weight
- vollmundig
vollmundig
33,157 corpus weight
- Vollzeitjob
Vollzeitjob
33,155 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „vogelfrei“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vogelfrei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɡl̩fʁaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,843 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „vogelfrei“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
vogelfrei is uncommon German at frequency #66,843 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfoːɡl̩fʁaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "als Strafe vom Reichsacht betroffen; ausgestoßen, keine Rechte und kein Eigentum mehr besitzend".
Zero misspellings are on record for vogelfrei in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is vogelfrei, spelled V-O-G-E-L-F-R-E-I.
Definition
- 1als Strafe vom Reichsacht betroffen; ausgestoßen, keine Rechte und kein Eigentum mehr besitzend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vogelfrei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seit er vogelfrei ist, wird er überall verfolgt.
Vogelfreie Menschen konnten ungestraft getötet werden.
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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