Sachunterricht

[ˈzaxˌʔʊntɐʁɪçt]

/[ˈzaxˌʔʊntɐʁɪçt]/ noun

The verdict

“Sachunterricht” is uncommon German (frequency #80,874 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,874
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unterricht in Sachfächern, der sich auf Gegenstände in der Sachwelt bezieht (und nicht auf Sprache)

Corpus desk

Index DE-sachunterricht · Sachunterricht · German

Sachunterricht · rank #80,874 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,874
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sachliches

Nearest frequency peer: sachliches (-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 „Sachunterricht“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sachunterricht
PropertyValue
HeadwordSachunterricht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈzaxˌʔʊntɐʁɪçt]
Letters14
Frequency rank#80,874
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Sachunterricht“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „sachliches“ (#80,873), „Saalbau“ (#80,871), „salma“ (#80,877). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sachunterricht“ bei #80,874. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sachunterricht is uncommon German at frequency #80,874 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzaxˌʔʊntɐʁɪçt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unterricht in Sachfächern, der sich auf Gegenstände in der Sachwelt bezieht (und nicht auf Sprache)".

Sachunterricht doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Sachunterricht, spelled S-A-C-H-U-N-T-E-R-R-I-C-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unterricht in Sachfächern, der sich auf Gegenstände in der Sachwelt bezieht (und nicht auf Sprache)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Das von Ratke und Comenius begründete Prinzip der Muttersprachschule, das heißt der ständigen Verbindung von Sachunterricht und Sprachunterricht, wurde nicht weiterentwickelt.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sachunterricht"?
"Sachunterricht" is spelled S-A-C-H-U-N-T-E-R-R-I-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzaxˌʔʊntɐʁɪçt].
What does "Sachunterricht" mean?
As a noun, "Sachunterricht" means: Unterricht in Sachfächern, der sich auf Gegenstände in der Sachwelt bezieht (und nicht auf Sprache)
How do you pronounce "Sachunterricht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sachunterricht" is [ˈzaxˌʔʊntɐʁɪçt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sachunterricht" come from?
"Sachunterricht" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sachunterricht", 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