Volksgenosse
[ˈfɔlksɡəˌnɔsə]
The verdict
“Volksgenosse” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - historisch, Angehöriger der sogenannten deutschen Volksgemeinschaft
Corpus desk
Index DE-volksgenosse · Volksgenosse · German
Volksgenosse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Volksgenosse |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɔlksɡəˌnɔsə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Volksgenosse“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Volksgenosse is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɔlksɡəˌnɔsə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "historisch, Angehöriger der sogenannten deutschen Volksgemeinschaft".
Volksgenosse has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Volksgenosse, spelled V-O-L-K-S-G-E-N-O-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1historisch, Angehöriger der sogenannten deutschen Volksgemeinschaft
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Volksgenosse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Definition nach Punkt 4 des 25-Punkte-Programms der NSDAP: „Volksgenosse kann nur sein, wer deutschen Blutes ist, ohne Rücksichtnahme auf Konfession. Kein Jude kann daher Volksgenosse sein.“
„Denn er sah es bei jeder Gelegenheit, wie sie ständig einen Unterschied zwischen Volksgenossen und Parteigenossen machten.“
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.