Hotelschiff
[hoˈtɛlˌʃɪf]
The verdict
“Hotelschiff” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personenschiff, fahrend oder stationär, auf dem Menschen untergebracht sind
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Index DE-hotelschiff · Hotelschiff · German
Hotelschiff · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Hotelschiff |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [hoˈtɛlˌʃɪf] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hotelschiff“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hotelschiff is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [hoˈtɛlˌʃɪf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personenschiff, fahrend oder stationär, auf dem Menschen untergebracht sind".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Hotelschiff in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Hotelschiff, spelled H-O-T-E-L-S-C-H-I-F-F.
Definition
- 1Personenschiff, fahrend oder stationär, auf dem Menschen untergebracht sind
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Hotelschiff appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Stattdessen muss er nun auf diesem schäbigen Hotelschiff »Aldona« schlafen, wo Duschen Glückssache sind und in den Nächten zweifelhafte Bordpartys laufen.“
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.