Deutschschweiz
[ˈdɔɪ̯t͡ʃˌʃvaɪ̯t͡s]
The verdict
“Deutschschweiz” is uncommon German (frequency #69,121 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,121
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Teil der Schweiz, in dem überwiegend Deutsch gesprochen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-deutschschweiz · Deutschschweiz · German
Deutschschweiz · rank #69,121 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,121
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Destinationen
Nearest frequency peer: Destinationen (-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 „Deutschschweiz“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Deppe
Deppe
30,883 corpus weight
- desaströsen
desaströsen
30,882 corpus weight
- Destination…
Destinationen
30,881 corpus weight
- Deutschschw…
Deutschschweiz
30,880 corpus weight
- Dieselfahrz…
Dieselfahrzeuge
30,878 corpus weight
- dispute
dispute
30,875 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Deutschschweiz“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Deutschschweiz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdɔɪ̯t͡ʃˌʃvaɪ̯t͡s] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #69,121 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Deutschschweiz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Deutschschweiz is uncommon German at frequency #69,121 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdɔɪ̯t͡ʃˌʃvaɪ̯t͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Teil der Schweiz, in dem überwiegend Deutsch gesprochen wird".
Deutschschweiz has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Deutschschweiz, spelled D-E-U-T-S-C-H-S-C-H-W-E-I-Z.
Definition
- 1der Teil der Schweiz, in dem überwiegend Deutsch gesprochen wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Deutschschweiz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der letzte Sonntagsverkauf in diesem Jahr hat in der Deutschschweiz und im Tessin Zehntausende in die Läden gelockt.“
„Ein Café Crème kostete 2010 in der Deutschschweiz durchschnittlich 3.95 Franken.“
Antonyms
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).