Hospitalschiff
[hɔspiˈtaːlˌʃɪf]
The verdict
“Hospitalschiff” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schiff, das speziell dafür eingerichtet ist, Kranke und Verletzte medizinisch zu versorgen
Corpus desk
Index DE-hospitalschiff · Hospitalschiff · German
Hospitalschiff · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | Hospitalschiff |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [hɔspiˈtaːlˌʃɪf] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hospitalschiff“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hospitalschiff is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [hɔspiˈtaːlˌʃɪf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schiff, das speziell dafür eingerichtet ist, Kranke und Verletzte medizinisch zu versorgen".
Zero misspellings are on record for Hospitalschiff in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Hospitalschiff, spelled H-O-S-P-I-T-A-L-S-C-H-I-F-F.
Definition
- 1Schiff, das speziell dafür eingerichtet ist, Kranke und Verletzte medizinisch zu versorgen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Hospitalschiff appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er verteilte die Überlebenden auf die noch manövrierfähigen Schiffe, wobei er die Maryland zum Hospitalschiff ernannte.“
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.