Lazarettschiff
[lat͡saˈʁɛtˌʃɪf]
The verdict
“Lazarettschiff” 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-lazarettschiff · Lazarettschiff · German
Lazarettschiff · 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 "L" 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 | Lazarettschiff |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [lat͡saˈʁɛtˌʃɪf] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Lazarettschiff“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Lazarettschiff is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [lat͡saˈʁɛtˌʃɪf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schiff, das speziell dafür eingerichtet ist, Kranke und Verletzte medizinisch zu versorgen".
Lazarettschiff has no tracked misspelling variants, 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 nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Lazarettschiff, spelled L-A-Z-A-R-E-T-T-S-C-H-I-F-F.
Definition
- 1Schiff, das speziell dafür eingerichtet ist, Kranke und Verletzte medizinisch zu versorgen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lazarettschiff appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„So erklärten die Soldaten, daß die Ocean Vigour, das erste der Transportschiffe, ein Lazarettschiff mit Milch für Mütter und Kinder sei.“
„Das Lazarettschiff Stuttgart brannte aus.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.