Wintersportler

[ˈvɪntɐˌʃpɔʁtlɐ]

/[ˈvɪntɐˌʃpɔʁtlɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Wintersportler” is uncommon German (frequency #77,557 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,557
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die eine Sportart betreibt, die hauptsächlich im Winter unter der Voraussetzung, dass Schnee, Eis oder Minustemperaturen vorhanden sind, praktiziert wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-wintersportler · Wintersportler · German

Wintersportler · rank #77,557 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,557
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH wirbellosen

Nearest frequency peer: wirbellosen (+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 „Wintersportler“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Wintersportler
PropertyValue
HeadwordWintersportler
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈvɪntɐˌʃpɔʁtlɐ]
Letters14
Frequency rank#77,557
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Wintersportler“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Wintersportlerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „wirbellosen“ (#77,558), „Wimpfen“ (#77,555), „Wirkungsgeschichte“ (#77,559). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „Wintersportler“ bei #77,557. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Wintersportler is uncommon German at frequency #77,557 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɪntɐˌʃpɔʁtlɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die eine Sportart betreibt, die hauptsächlich im Winter unter der Voraussetzung, dass Schnee, Eis oder Minustemperaturen vorhanden sind, praktiziert wird".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Wintersportler, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Wintersportler, spelled W-I-N-T-E-R-S-P-O-R-T-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die eine Sportart betreibt, die hauptsächlich im Winter unter der Voraussetzung, dass Schnee, Eis oder Minustemperaturen vorhanden sind, praktiziert wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. In den Alpen kann man als Wintersportler auch im Sommer trainieren.
  2. „Doch wo der sich dankbar in die Hände der bergenden Kollegen begeben hat, versteht manch anderer Wintersportler den Dienst am Verletzten als bezahlte Selbstverständlichkeit.“

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 "Wintersportler"?
"Wintersportler" is spelled W-I-N-T-E-R-S-P-O-R-T-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvɪntɐˌʃpɔʁtlɐ].
What does "Wintersportler" mean?
As a noun, "Wintersportler" means: Person, die eine Sportart betreibt, die hauptsächlich im Winter unter der Voraussetzung, dass Schnee, Eis oder Minustemperaturen vorhanden sind, praktiziert wird
How do you pronounce "Wintersportler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Wintersportler" is [ˈvɪntɐˌʃpɔʁtlɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Wintersportler" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list