-sch
[ʃ]
The verdict
“-sch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suffix, das Personennamen zu Adjektiven ableitet
Corpus desk
Index DE-sch · -sch · German
-sch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "-" 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 | -sch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| IPA | [ʃ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „-sch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
-sch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix, transcribed [ʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for -sch, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is -sch, spelled --S-C-H.
Definition
- 1Suffix, das Personennamen zu Adjektiven ableitet
- 2Suffix, das geographische Namen zu Adjektiven ableitet
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how -sch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
grimmsch oder aber Grimm’sch
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.