Schattenspiel
[ˈʃatn̩ˌʃpiːl]
The verdict
“Schattenspiel” is uncommon German (frequency #78,500 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,500
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Form des Theaters, bei der eine Geschichte erzählt wird, indem Schatten auf eine beleuchtete Fläche, oft eine weiße Leinwand, geworfen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-schattenspiel · Schattenspiel · German
Schattenspiel · rank #78,500 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,500
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schafott
Nearest frequency peer: Schafott (-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 „Schattenspiel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Samstage
Samstage
21,504 corpus weight
- sarkastisch…
sarkastischen
21,503 corpus weight
- Schafott
Schafott
21,502 corpus weight
- Schattenspi…
Schattenspiel
21,501 corpus weight
- Schatzsucher
Schatzsucher
21,500 corpus weight
- Schaufenste…
Schaufenstern
21,499 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schattenspiel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schattenspiel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃatn̩ˌʃpiːl] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #78,500 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schattenspiel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schattenspiel is uncommon German at frequency #78,500 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃatn̩ˌʃpiːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Schattenspiel in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists 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 Schattenspiel, spelled S-C-H-A-T-T-E-N-S-P-I-E-L.
Definition
- 1eine Form des Theaters, bei der eine Geschichte erzählt wird, indem Schatten auf eine beleuchtete Fläche, oft eine weiße Leinwand, geworfen wird
- 2der mitunter lebhafte Wechsel von Schatten und einfallendem Licht, besonders in Bezug auf Kontraste
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schattenspiel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein ungewöhnliches Schattenspiel konnte man heute im Theater sehen.
„Das Schattenspiel wurde im 16. Jahrhundert des Osmanischen Reichs entwickelt.“
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).