Volontär
[volɔnˈtɛːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Volontär” is uncommon German (frequency #68,858 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,858
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die ein Volontariat als Berufsvorbereitung absolviert
Corpus desk
Index DE-volontar · Volontär · German
Volontär · rank #68,858 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,858
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vollzogenen
Nearest frequency peer: vollzogenen (-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 „Volontär“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Vlog
Vlog
31,146 corpus weight
- vollzogenen
vollzogenen
31,144 corpus weight
- Volontär
Volontär
31,143 corpus weight
- voranzukomm…
voranzukommen
31,142 corpus weight
- Vorauszahlu…
Vorauszahlung
31,141 corpus weight
- Vorlaufzeit
Vorlaufzeit
31,139 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Volontär“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Volontär |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [volɔnˈtɛːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,858 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Volontär“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Volontär is uncommon German at frequency #68,858 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [volɔnˈtɛːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die ein Volontariat als Berufsvorbereitung absolviert".
Zero misspellings are on record for Volontär in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Volontär, spelled V-O-L-O-N-T-Ä-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die ein Volontariat als Berufsvorbereitung absolviert
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Volontär appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er arbeitete als Volontär in einer karitativen Einrichtung.
„Der Volontär stand auf, schwankte durchs Gastzimmer der Hintertür zu und verschwand.“
Synonyms
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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