Scharteke
[ʃaʁˈteːkə]
The verdict
“Scharteke” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - altes Buch oder Urkunde
Corpus desk
Index DE-scharteke · Scharteke · German
Scharteke · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Scharteke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃaʁˈteːkə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Scharteke“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Scharteke is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃaʁˈteːkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Scharteke, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Scharteke, spelled S-C-H-A-R-T-E-K-E.
Definition
- 1altes Buch oder Urkunde
- 2ältere weibliche Person
- 3Theaterstück ohne Wert
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Scharteke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auch mit Büchern gab sich Samuel Freudenstein ab; alte Folianten in Schweinsleder waren ein wertvoller Handelsartikel, es gab keine Scharteke, die nicht zuletzt doch noch der Welt auf irgendeine Art nützlich wurde, an die der Autor einst nicht gedacht hatte.“
„Dann mag er die Scharteke, die er Ihnen letzten Sonnabend vorgelesen, man in den Papierkorb werfen, oder die Frau Gräfin ihre Locken drein wickeln.“
Synonyms
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.