Machenschaft
[ˈmaxn̩ʃaft]
The verdict
“Machenschaft” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - geheime und fragwürdige Abmachung, Intrige
Corpus desk
Index DE-machenschaft · Machenschaft · German
Machenschaft · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | Machenschaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaxn̩ʃaft] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Machenschaft“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Machenschaft is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmaxn̩ʃaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "geheime und fragwürdige Abmachung, Intrige".
No misspelling variants are generated for Machenschaft in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Machenschaft, spelled M-A-C-H-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1geheime und fragwürdige Abmachung, Intrige
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Machenschaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seine Machenschaften wurden ihm schließlich zum Verhängnis.
„Man geht sogar davon aus, dass ihre Machenschaften von der Regierung stillschweigend gedeckt werden.“
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.