rabenschwarz
[ˈʁaːbn̩ˈʃvaʁt͡s]
The verdict
“rabenschwarz” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - so dunkel wie das Federkleid eines Rabenvogels
Corpus desk
Index DE-rabenschwarz · rabenschwarz · German
rabenschwarz · 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 "R" 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 | rabenschwarz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʁaːbn̩ˈʃvaʁt͡s] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „rabenschwarz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
rabenschwarz is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʁaːbn̩ˈʃvaʁt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "so dunkel wie das Federkleid eines Rabenvogels".
rabenschwarz doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is rabenschwarz, spelled R-A-B-E-N-S-C-H-W-A-R-Z.
Definition
- 1so dunkel wie das Federkleid eines Rabenvogels
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rabenschwarz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In der Gothic-Szene wird oft rabenschwarze Kleidung getragen.
Erst die Kündigung und dann die Scheidung, heute ist ein rabenschwarzer Tag.
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.