Kriegsschauplatz
[ˈkʁiːksˌʃaʊ̯plat͡s]
The verdict
“Kriegsschauplatz” is uncommon German (frequency #56,288 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,288
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ort, an dem militärische Kampfhandlungen stattfinden
Corpus desk
Index DE-kriegsschauplatz · Kriegsschauplatz · German
Kriegsschauplatz · rank #56,288 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,288
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kriegerin
Nearest frequency peer: Kriegerin (-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 „Kriegsschauplatz“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kretzschmar
Kretzschmar
43,716 corpus weight
- Kriegerin
Kriegerin
43,714 corpus weight
- Kriegsschau…
Kriegsschauplatz
43,713 corpus weight
- kriegte
kriegte
43,712 corpus weight
- Kronprinzes…
Kronprinzessin
43,711 corpus weight
- kuka
kuka
43,710 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kriegsschauplatz“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kriegsschauplatz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁiːksˌʃaʊ̯plat͡s] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #56,288 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kriegsschauplatz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kriegsschauplatz is uncommon German at frequency #56,288 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁiːksˌʃaʊ̯plat͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ort, an dem militärische Kampfhandlungen stattfinden".
Kriegsschauplatz has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Kriegsschauplatz, spelled K-R-I-E-G-S-S-C-H-A-U-P-L-A-T-Z.
Definition
- 1Ort, an dem militärische Kampfhandlungen stattfinden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kriegsschauplatz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mit dem Kriegseintritt des Königreichs Italien an der der Seite der Achsenmächten im Juni 1940 wurde auch Nordafrika zum Kriegsschauplatz.“
„In einem Staatswesen, das keine Trennung zwischen militärischer und ziviler Gewalt kannte, in dem Politiker Heerführer und Heerführer Politiker waren, stellte der der Oberbefehl auf bedeutenden Kriegsschauplätzen von jeher ein Politikum dar.“
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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