Priesterschaft

[ˈpʁiːstɐʃaft]

/[ˈpʁiːstɐʃaft]/ noun

The verdict

“Priesterschaft” is uncommon German (frequency #98,932 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,932
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gesamtheit der Priester

Corpus desk

Index DE-priesterschaft · Priesterschaft · German

Priesterschaft · rank #98,932 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,932
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Priorin

Nearest frequency peer: Priorin (+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 „Priesterschaft“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Priesterschaft
PropertyValue
HeadwordPriesterschaft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpʁiːstɐʃaft]
Letters14
Frequency rank#98,932
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Priesterschaft“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Priorin“ (#98,933), „Privathäusern“ (#98,934), „Privatsekretär“ (#98,935). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Priesterschaft“ bei #98,932. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Priesterschaft is uncommon German at frequency #98,932 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpʁiːstɐʃaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gesamtheit der Priester".

Priesterschaft has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Priesterschaft, spelled P-R-I-E-S-T-E-R-S-C-H-A-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gesamtheit der Priester

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Für die tschechoslowakische Priesterschaft wird der 13. April und für die ungarischen Geistlichen der 9. Juni 1950 unvergeßlich sein.“
  2. „So unterschiedlich ihre religiösen Kulte und die Organisationen ihrer Priesterschaften immer gewesen sein mögen, eins galt für die meisten Tempel und ihre Verwaltungen: Sie existierten von Einnahmen.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Priesterschaft"?
"Priesterschaft" is spelled P-R-I-E-S-T-E-R-S-C-H-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpʁiːstɐʃaft].
What does "Priesterschaft" mean?
As a noun, "Priesterschaft" means: Gesamtheit der Priester
How do you pronounce "Priesterschaft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Priesterschaft" is [ˈpʁiːstɐʃaft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Priesterschaft" come from?
"Priesterschaft" 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 "Priesterschaft", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list