Winterdienst
[ˈvɪntɐˌdiːnst]
The verdict
“Winterdienst” is uncommon German (frequency #57,577 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,577
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dienst, der die Verkehrssicherheit im Winter gewährleisten soll
Corpus desk
Index DE-winterdienst · Winterdienst · German
Winterdienst · rank #57,577 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,577
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Windsurfen
Nearest frequency peer: Windsurfen (-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 „Winterdienst“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- wieweit
wieweit
42,427 corpus weight
- Wikimedia
Wikimedia
42,426 corpus weight
- Windsurfen
Windsurfen
42,425 corpus weight
- Winterdienst
Winterdienst
42,424 corpus weight
- Wirbeltiere
Wirbeltiere
42,423 corpus weight
- Wirkungsstä…
Wirkungsstätte
42,422 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Winterdienst“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Winterdienst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɪntɐˌdiːnst] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #57,577 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Winterdienst“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Winterdienst is uncommon German at frequency #57,577 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɪntɐˌdiːnst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Winterdienst in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Winterdienst, spelled W-I-N-T-E-R-D-I-E-N-S-T.
Definition
- 1Dienst, der die Verkehrssicherheit im Winter gewährleisten soll
- 2Gesamtheit aller Maßnahmen, die der Dienst [1] leistet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Winterdienst appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Winterdienst kommt bei diesem starken Schneefall mit der Räumung des Schnees nicht nach.
„Abweichend von anderen Bundesländern verbleibt in Berlin nach einer Gesetzesänderung im November 2010 die Verantwortlichkeit für die ordnungsgemäße Durchführung des Winterdienstes beim Anlieger, auch wenn dieser ein gewerbliches Unternehmen mit der Durchführung beauftragt hat […].“
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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