Voltigieren

[vɔltiˈʒiːʁən]

/[vɔltiˈʒiːʁən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Voltigieren” is uncommon German (frequency #92,430 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,430
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Turnen auf einem Pferd, das an einer Longe geht

Corpus desk

Index DE-voltigieren · Voltigieren · German

Voltigieren · rank #92,430 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,430
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Vollzeitstell…

Nearest frequency peer: Vollzeitstellen (-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 „Voltigieren“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Voltigieren
PropertyValue
HeadwordVoltigieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[vɔltiˈʒiːʁən]
Letters11
Frequency rank#92,430
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Voltigieren“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Voltigierenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Vollzeitstellen“ (#92,429), „vorauszusagen“ (#92,431), „Volksstamm“ (#92,428). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Voltigieren“ bei #92,430. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Voltigieren is uncommon German at frequency #92,430 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [vɔltiˈʒiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das Turnen auf einem Pferd, das an einer Longe geht".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Voltigieren in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Voltigieren, spelled V-O-L-T-I-G-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Turnen auf einem Pferd, das an einer Longe geht

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ist Henriette schon wieder beim Voltigieren?

Synonyms

KunstreitenVoltigiersport

Antonyms

SpringreitenDressurVielseitigkeitsreitenPolo

This word in other languages

vaulting(English)voltear(Español)voltige(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 "Voltigieren"?
"Voltigieren" is spelled V-O-L-T-I-G-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [vɔltiˈʒiːʁən].
What does "Voltigieren" mean?
As a noun, "Voltigieren" means: das Turnen auf einem Pferd, das an einer Longe geht
How do you pronounce "Voltigieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Voltigieren" is [vɔltiˈʒiːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Voltigieren" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Viererkette#92,423verzichtbar#92,417Wahlerfolge#92,446Wasserhähne#92,450

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list