Ortsschild
[ˈɔʁt͡sˌʃɪlt]
The verdict
“Ortsschild” is uncommon German (frequency #86,885 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,885
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schild am Straßenrand, das den Beginn oder das Ende einer Ortschaft anzeigt und ihren Namen trägt
Corpus desk
Index DE-ortsschild · Ortsschild · German
Ortsschild · rank #86,885 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,885
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH Ortsangabe
Nearest frequency peer: Ortsangabe (-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 „Ortsschild“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Olfen
Olfen
13,121 corpus weight
- Ortsangabe
Ortsangabe
13,117 corpus weight
- Ortsschild
Ortsschild
13,116 corpus weight
- Outsider
Outsider
13,114 corpus weight
- pakistanisc…
pakistanischer
13,111 corpus weight
- pans
pans
13,110 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ortsschild“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ortsschild |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɔʁt͡sˌʃɪlt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #86,885 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ortsschild“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ortsschild is uncommon German at frequency #86,885 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɔʁt͡sˌʃɪlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schild am Straßenrand, das den Beginn oder das Ende einer Ortschaft anzeigt und ihren Namen trägt".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Ortsschild in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Ortsschild, spelled O-R-T-S-S-C-H-I-L-D.
Definition
- 1Schild am Straßenrand, das den Beginn oder das Ende einer Ortschaft anzeigt und ihren Namen trägt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ortsschild appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Ortsschild von Bacharach taucht auf.“
Synonyms
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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