Rentner
\ˈrɛnt.nɛr\
The verdict
“Rentner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Retraité, personne (homme) qui reçoit une pension sur la base de droits légaux grâce au travail effectué, et qui n'est ne gagne plus de salaire pour travail.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rentner · Rentner · French
Rentner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | Rentner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈrɛnt.nɛr\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Rentner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈrɛnt.nɛr\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Rentner, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Rentner, spelled R-E-N-T-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Retraité, personne (homme) qui reçoit une pension sur la base de droits légaux grâce au travail effectué, et qui n'est ne gagne plus de salaire pour travail.
- 2Rentier, personne (homme) qui vit d’u revenu régulier son capital investi.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Rentner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Als Rentner habe ich nun noch weniger Zeit!", sagte mein Opa immer.
Ein Rentner ist mit seinem Auto unvermittelt in das Schaufenster eines Geschäfts gekracht. Die Polizei vermutet, der Mann habe das Gas- mit dem Bremspedal verwechselt.
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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.