Dorfschule

[ˈdɔʁfˌʃuːlə]

/[ˈdɔʁfˌʃuːlə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Dorfschule” is uncommon German (frequency #77,867 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,867
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schule in einem Dorf

Corpus desk

Index DE-dorfschule · Dorfschule · German

Dorfschule · rank #77,867 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,867
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Doppelkopf

Nearest frequency peer: Doppelkopf (-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 „Dorfschule“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Dorfschule
PropertyValue
HeadwordDorfschule
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈdɔʁfˌʃuːlə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#77,867
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Dorfschule“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Doppelkopf“ (#77,866), „Dreiecken“ (#77,868), „Donauinsel“ (#77,865). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Dorfschule“ bei #77,867. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Dorfschule is uncommon German at frequency #77,867 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdɔʁfˌʃuːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schule in einem Dorf".

Dorfschule doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Dorfschule, spelled D-O-R-F-S-C-H-U-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Schule in einem Dorf

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Mein Großvater besuchte eine Lehrerfortbildung und erhielt Ende 1946 eine Anstellung an einer Dorfschule in der Nähe von Schwerin.“
  2. „Der Fleischersohn und der Bauernsohn müssen in die Dorfschule zurück.“

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 "Dorfschule"?
"Dorfschule" is spelled D-O-R-F-S-C-H-U-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdɔʁfˌʃuːlə].
What does "Dorfschule" mean?
As a noun, "Dorfschule" means: Schule in einem Dorf
How do you pronounce "Dorfschule"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dorfschule" is [ˈdɔʁfˌʃuːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Doppelkopf#77,866Donauinsel#77,865Choreograf#77,809Börsenwert#77,799

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list