durchschaubar
[dʊʁçˈʃaʊ̯baːɐ̯]
The verdict
“durchschaubar” is an uncommon German word, ranked #50,399 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #50,399
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - so gestaltet, dass etwas (leicht) zu verstehen ist; so, dass auch der wahre Kern einer Sache/Person (klar) erkennbar ist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | durchschaubar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [dʊʁçˈʃaʊ̯baːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #50,399 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “durchschaubar” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for durchschaubar is 13 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [dʊʁçˈʃaʊ̯baːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #50,399 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "so gestaltet, dass etwas (leicht) zu verstehen ist; so, dass auch der wahre Kern einer Sache/Person (klar) erkennbar ist".
Zero misspellings are on record for durchschaubar in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 durchschaubar, spelled D-U-R-C-H-S-C-H-A-U-B-A-R.
Definition
- 1so gestaltet, dass etwas (leicht) zu verstehen ist; so, dass auch der wahre Kern einer Sache/Person (klar) erkennbar ist
This word in other languages
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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Using “durchschaubar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-U-R-C-H-S-C-H-A-U-B-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.