sachkundig

[ˈzaxˌkʊndɪç]

/[ˈzaxˌkʊndɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“sachkundig” is uncommon German (frequency #83,234 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,234
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von oder für etwas die Qualifikation, Sachkenntnis und Erfahrung habend

Corpus desk

Index DE-sachkundig · sachkundig · German

sachkundig · rank #83,234 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,234
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Rückversicher…

Nearest frequency peer: Rückversicherung (-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 „sachkundig“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sachkundig
PropertyValue
Headwordsachkundig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈzaxˌkʊndɪç]
Letters10
Frequency rank#83,234
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sachkundig“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.sachkundigfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Rückversicherung“ (#83,233), „Sadist“ (#83,235), „Röckchen“ (#83,232). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sachkundig“ bei #83,234. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sachkundig is uncommon German at frequency #83,234 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈzaxˌkʊndɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von oder für etwas die Qualifikation, Sachkenntnis und Erfahrung habend".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sachkundig, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is sachkundig, spelled S-A-C-H-K-U-N-D-I-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    von oder für etwas die Qualifikation, Sachkenntnis und Erfahrung habend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. An mein Auto lasse ich nur einen sachkundigen Mechaniker, das wird nicht in einer Hinterhofwerkstatt gewartet.
  2. Jürgen Hiller ist begeisterter Hobbyimker. […] Fragt man ihn nach seinen Bienen, gibt er ausführlich und sachkundig Antwort – obwohl er keine professionelle Ausbildung besitzt.

Antonyms

ahnungslosinkompetentlaienhaftunerfahrenunkundigunqualifiziert

This word in other languages

competent(English)

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 "sachkundig"?
"sachkundig" is spelled S-A-C-H-K-U-N-D-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzaxˌkʊndɪç].
What does "sachkundig" mean?
As an adjective, "sachkundig" means: von oder für etwas die Qualifikation, Sachkenntnis und Erfahrung habend
How do you pronounce "sachkundig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sachkundig" is [ˈzaxˌkʊndɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sachkundig" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sachkundig", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sadistisch#83,237Satanismus#83,248Scheinwelt#83,255repubblica#83,212

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list