Sachkenntnis
[ˈzaxˌkɛntnɪs]
The verdict
“Sachkenntnis” is uncommon German (frequency #51,645 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,645
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wissen eines Experten in einem Fachgebiet
Corpus desk
Index DE-sachkenntnis · Sachkenntnis · German
Sachkenntnis · rank #51,645 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,645
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Saarländer
Nearest frequency peer: Saarländer (-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 „Sachkenntnis“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- rührende
rührende
48,359 corpus weight
- Saarländer
Saarländer
48,357 corpus weight
- Sachkenntnis
Sachkenntnis
48,356 corpus weight
- Sahnehäubch…
Sahnehäubchen
48,355 corpus weight
- Saloon
Saloon
48,354 corpus weight
- salut
salut
48,353 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sachkenntnis“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sachkenntnis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzaxˌkɛntnɪs] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #51,645 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sachkenntnis“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sachkenntnis is uncommon German at frequency #51,645 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzaxˌkɛntnɪs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wissen eines Experten in einem Fachgebiet".
Sachkenntnis has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Sachkenntnis, spelled S-A-C-H-K-E-N-N-T-N-I-S.
Definition
- 1Wissen eines Experten in einem Fachgebiet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sachkenntnis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jäger müssen ihre Sachkenntnis in Deutschland mit dem Bestehen einer Prüfung belegen.
„Auch wenn es von der Bundesregierung heiße, junge arbeitsfähige Männer könnten sich in den sicheren Landesteilen [von Afghanistan] eine neue Existenz aufbauen, zeuge dies von erstaunlich wenig Sachkenntnis, sagt Ramin Mohabat entschieden.“
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sachkenntnis", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).