Schaffenskraft

[ˈʃafn̩sˌkʁaft]

/[ˈʃafn̩sˌkʁaft]/ noun

The verdict

“Schaffenskraft” is uncommon German (frequency #75,024 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,024
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - innere Energie, die es ermöglicht, etwas zu bewirken/erreichen

Corpus desk

Index DE-schaffenskraft · Schaffenskraft · German

Schaffenskraft · rank #75,024 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,024
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sarajewo

Nearest frequency peer: Sarajewo (-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 „Schaffenskraft“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schaffenskraft
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchaffenskraft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃafn̩sˌkʁaft]
Letters14
Frequency rank#75,024
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schaffenskraft“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sarajewo“ (#75,023), „Schaudern“ (#75,025), „Samstagvormittag“ (#75,022). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schaffenskraft“ bei #75,024. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schaffenskraft is uncommon German at frequency #75,024 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃafn̩sˌkʁaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "innere Energie, die es ermöglicht, etwas zu bewirken/erreichen".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Schaffenskraft, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Schaffenskraft, spelled S-C-H-A-F-F-E-N-S-K-R-A-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    innere Energie, die es ermöglicht, etwas zu bewirken/erreichen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Der Begleitbrief zum Manuskript ist aufschlußreich, denn er erwähnt darin, daß er die Idee zu der Erzählung einem Zeitungsausschnitt über einen Vorfall in Berlin entnommen habe, was für die Datierung ziemlich eindeutig ist und die Hypothese seiner Kommentatoren widerlegt, die da behaupten, seine Leidenschaft für Julia habe seine literarische Schaffenskra…

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 "Schaffenskraft"?
"Schaffenskraft" is spelled S-C-H-A-F-F-E-N-S-K-R-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃafn̩sˌkʁaft].
What does "Schaffenskraft" mean?
As a noun, "Schaffenskraft" means: innere Energie, die es ermöglicht, etwas zu bewirken/erreichen
How do you pronounce "Schaffenskraft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schaffenskraft" is [ˈʃafn̩sˌkʁaft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schaffenskraft" come from?
"Schaffenskraft" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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