Schändung
[ˈʃɛndʊŋ]
The verdict
“Schändung” is uncommon German (frequency #70,795 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,795
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Vorgang, dass etwas geschändet wird, also etwas, dem Respekt gebührt, beschädigt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-schandung · Schändung · German
Schändung · rank #70,795 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,795
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schwinger
Nearest frequency peer: Schwinger (-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 „Schändung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schweregrad
Schweregrad
29,209 corpus weight
- schwindenden
schwindenden
29,208 corpus weight
- Schwinger
Schwinger
29,207 corpus weight
- Schändung
Schändung
29,206 corpus weight
- Sensationen
Sensationen
29,205 corpus weight
- Serviceleis…
Serviceleistungen
29,203 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schändung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schändung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃɛndʊŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #70,795 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schändung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schändung is uncommon German at frequency #70,795 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃɛndʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Schändung, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Schändung, spelled S-C-H-Ä-N-D-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1der Vorgang, dass etwas geschändet wird, also etwas, dem Respekt gebührt, beschädigt wird
- 2sexueller Missbrauch; Vergewaltigung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schändung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Schändungen jüdischer Friedhöfe nahmen in Frankreich 2019 mit Erstarken des Antisemitismus zu.
„Das Erlebnis ihrer Schändung war meinen eigenen Erlebnissen weniger fremd und versöhnte mich merkwürdigerweise mit meiner einzigen und peinlichen Erinnerung an ein Bordell in Brüssel.“
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.
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