Dockschiff
[ˈdɔkˌʃɪf]
The verdict
“Dockschiff” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schiff, das seinen Rumpf absenken kann und so beispielsweise havarierte Schiffe oder Bohrinseln aufnehmen kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-dockschiff · Dockschiff · German
Dockschiff · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | Dockschiff |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdɔkˌʃɪf] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dockschiff“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Dockschiff is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdɔkˌʃɪf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schiff, das seinen Rumpf absenken kann und so beispielsweise havarierte Schiffe oder Bohrinseln aufnehmen kann".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Dockschiff in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Dockschiff, spelled D-O-C-K-S-C-H-I-F-F.
Definition
- 1Schiff, das seinen Rumpf absenken kann und so beispielsweise havarierte Schiffe oder Bohrinseln aufnehmen kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Dockschiff appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
2001 wurde ein russisches Atom-U-Boot mit einem Dockschiff geborgen.
Antonyms
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.