Durchschlagskraft

/[ˈdʊʁçʃlaːksˌkʁaft]/ noun

Letters

17 characters

Frequency Rank

#52,773

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Durchschlagskraft is aGermannoun. It means: Kraft eines Geschosses, tief in eine Panzerung/ein Material einzudringen (oder diese zu durchschlagen) Pronounced [ˈdʊʁçʃlaːksˌkʁaft].

Key facts for Durchschlagskraft
PropertyValue
HeadwordDurchschlagskraft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈdʊʁçʃlaːksˌkʁaft]
Letters17
Frequency rank#52,773
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Durchschlagskraft in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Durchschlagskraft is 17 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdʊʁçʃlaːksˌkʁaft]. Corpus data places it at rank #52,773 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Durchschlagskraft in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Durchschlagskraft, spelled D-U-R-C-H-S-C-H-L-A-G-S-K-R-A-F-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Kraft eines Geschosses, tief in eine Panzerung/ein Material einzudringen (oder diese zu durchschlagen)
  2. 2
    Fähigkeit einer angreifenden Mannschaft/eines angreifenden Spielers, durch die gegnerische Verteidigung zum Erfolg zu kommen
  3. 3
    Qualität/Fähigkeit, jemanden von etwas zu überzeugen oder sich durchzusetzen; Wirksamkeit

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #52,773 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Durchschlagskraft"?
"Durchschlagskraft" is spelled D-U-R-C-H-S-C-H-L-A-G-S-K-R-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdʊʁçʃlaːksˌkʁaft].
What does "Durchschlagskraft" mean?
As a noun, "Durchschlagskraft" means: Kraft eines Geschosses, tief in eine Panzerung/ein Material einzudringen (oder diese zu durchschlagen)
How do you pronounce "Durchschlagskraft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Durchschlagskraft" is [ˈdʊʁçʃlaːksˌkʁaft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Durchschlagskraft" come from?
"Durchschlagskraft" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.