Schäbigkeit
[ˈʃɛːbɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Schäbigkeit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eigenschaft/Zustand, überaltert, verbraucht, verschlissen zu sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-schabigkeit · Schäbigkeit · German
Schäbigkeit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | Schäbigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃɛːbɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schäbigkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schäbigkeit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃɛːbɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Schäbigkeit doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Schäbigkeit, spelled S-C-H-Ä-B-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Eigenschaft/Zustand, überaltert, verbraucht, verschlissen zu sein
- 2moralische Anfechtbarkeit/Verkommenheit
- 3übertriebener Eigennutz, Mangel an Freigiebigkeit
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schäbigkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Schäbigkeit des Anzuges ließ sich nicht verbergen.
„Mir war kalt, und die Schäbigkeit von Maries Zimmer bedrückte mich.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.