Arschkarte

[ˈaːɐ̯ʃkaʁtə]

/[ˈaːɐ̯ʃkaʁtə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Arschkarte” is uncommon German (frequency #93,955 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,955
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pech, Missgeschick

Corpus desk

Index DE-arschkarte · Arschkarte · German

Arschkarte · rank #93,955 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,955
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH archäologisch…

Nearest frequency peer: archäologisches (-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 „Arschkarte“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Arschkarte
PropertyValue
HeadwordArschkarte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaːɐ̯ʃkaʁtə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#93,955
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Arschkarte“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „archäologisches“ (#93,954), „asking“ (#93,956), „Arbogast“ (#93,953). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Arschkarte“ bei #93,955. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Arschkarte is uncommon German at frequency #93,955 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaːɐ̯ʃkaʁtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pech, Missgeschick".

No misspelling variants are generated for Arschkarte in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Arschkarte, spelled A-R-S-C-H-K-A-R-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pech, Missgeschick

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Wer so viel Unsinn macht, hat bei uns die Arschkarte gezogen.
  2. „Paul war auch bei diesem Treffen dabei, natürlich, und ich fühlte mich nicht nur[,] als hätte ich mir die Arschkarte selbst ausgesucht, sondern als wären alle Arschkarten der Welt auf einmal auf mich eingestürzt und hätten mich unter sich begraben.“

This word in other languages

zonk(English)

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 "Arschkarte"?
"Arschkarte" is spelled A-R-S-C-H-K-A-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaːɐ̯ʃkaʁtə].
What does "Arschkarte" mean?
As a noun, "Arschkarte" means: Pech, Missgeschick
How do you pronounce "Arschkarte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Arschkarte" is [ˈaːɐ̯ʃkaʁtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Arschkarte" come from?
"Arschkarte" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

appliziert#93,950aufgespart#93,963ansässiger#93,944anstacheln#93,943

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list