Schattenreich
[ˈʃatn̩ˌʁaɪ̯ç]
The verdict
“Schattenreich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Reich der Toten, Unterwelt
Corpus desk
Index DE-schattenreich · Schattenreich · German
Schattenreich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | Schattenreich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃatn̩ˌʁaɪ̯ç] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schattenreich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schattenreich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃatn̩ˌʁaɪ̯ç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Reich der Toten, Unterwelt".
Schattenreich has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Schattenreich, spelled S-C-H-A-T-T-E-N-R-E-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1Reich der Toten, Unterwelt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schattenreich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Goretzka hatte mit Herrnstadt nach dessen Fall kein Wort mehr gewechselt, er hatte ihn nie wiedergesehen und keinerlei Kontakt mit ihm, und er ahnte, dass er nun selbst in diesem Orkus verschwinden würde, dass er in einem Schattenreich weiterzuleben hatte, verachtet, gemieden, bemitleidet.“
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.