Hundertschaft

[ˈhʊndɐtʃaft]

/[ˈhʊndɐtʃaft]/ noun

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The verdict

“Hundertschaft” is uncommon German (frequency #63,427 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,427
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus etwa einhundert (früher) Männern, (heute) Einsatzkräften bestehende Einheit

Corpus desk

Index DE-hundertschaft · Hundertschaft · German

Hundertschaft · rank #63,427 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,427
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hundertjährige

Nearest frequency peer: hundertjährige (-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 „Hundertschaft“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hundertschaft
PropertyValue
HeadwordHundertschaft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhʊndɐtʃaft]
Letters13
Frequency rank#63,427
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Hundertschaft“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Hundertschaftfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „hundertjährige“ (#63,426), „hormonelle“ (#63,425), „hämmerte“ (#63,429). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Hundertschaft“ bei #63,427. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hundertschaft is uncommon German at frequency #63,427 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhʊndɐtʃaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus etwa einhundert (früher) Männern, (heute) Einsatzkräften bestehende Einheit".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Hundertschaft, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Hundertschaft, spelled H-U-N-D-E-R-T-S-C-H-A-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    aus etwa einhundert (früher) Männern, (heute) Einsatzkräften bestehende Einheit

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Vor Orenburg stieß eine weitere Hundertschaft Kosaken zu ihnen, um sie gegen Überfälle der Reiterhorden zu schützen.“
  2. „Was uns nachmals in immerhin verhältnismäßig frühen Quellen über die Hundertschaft berichtet wird, steht für die germanische Epoche der Landbesetzung auf schwankendem Boden.“

Synonyms

Zenturie

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 "Hundertschaft"?
"Hundertschaft" is spelled H-U-N-D-E-R-T-S-C-H-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhʊndɐtʃaft].
What does "Hundertschaft" mean?
As a noun, "Hundertschaft" means: aus etwa einhundert (früher) Männern, (heute) Einsatzkräften bestehende Einheit
How do you pronounce "Hundertschaft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hundertschaft" is [ˈhʊndɐtʃaft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hundertschaft" come from?
"Hundertschaft" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list