Schamgegend
[ˈʃaːmˌɡeːɡn̩t]
The verdict
“Schamgegend” 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) - Körperzone um die Genitalien
Corpus desk
Index DE-schamgegend · Schamgegend · German
Schamgegend · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Schamgegend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃaːmˌɡeːɡn̩t] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schamgegend” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Schamgegend is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃaːmˌɡeːɡn̩t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Körperzone um die Genitalien".
Schamgegend doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Schamgegend, spelled S-C-H-A-M-G-E-G-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1Körperzone um die Genitalien
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schamgegend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In der Schamgegend zeigten sich kleine, rote Pusteln.
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