Schatzkiste

[ˈʃat͡sˌkɪstə]

/[ˈʃat͡sˌkɪstə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schatzkiste” is uncommon German (frequency #80,884 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,884
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - massiver, verborgener Behälter aus Holz, in welchem Gegenstände aus Edelmetallen und Edelsteinen versteckt sind

Corpus desk

Index DE-schatzkiste · Schatzkiste · German

Schatzkiste · rank #80,884 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,884
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schattige

Nearest frequency peer: schattige (-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 „Schatzkiste“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schatzkiste“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schatzkiste
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchatzkiste
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃat͡sˌkɪstə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#80,884
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schatzkiste“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Schatzkistefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schattige“ (#80,883), „Scheins“ (#80,885), „Schallgeschwindigkeit“ (#80,882). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schatzkiste“ bei #80,884. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schatzkiste is uncommon German at frequency #80,884 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃat͡sˌkɪstə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "massiver, verborgener Behälter aus Holz, in welchem Gegenstände aus Edelmetallen und Edelsteinen versteckt sind".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Schatzkiste, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Schatzkiste, spelled S-C-H-A-T-Z-K-I-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    massiver, verborgener Behälter aus Holz, in welchem Gegenstände aus Edelmetallen und Edelsteinen versteckt sind

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Schatzkiste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Mancher wusste von einem riesigen, gefährlichen Hund zu berichten, der Tag und Nacht über eine tief unter dem Schutt vergrabene Schatzkiste wache.“
  2. „Er saß nun da, die gefesselten Hände im Schoß und mit gesenktem Kopf, und starrte mit scharfen, funkelnden Augen auf die Schatzkiste, die Ursache seiner Übeltaten.“

Synonyms

Schatztruhe

This word in other languages

treasure chest(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schatzkiste"?
"Schatzkiste" is spelled S-C-H-A-T-Z-K-I-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃat͡sˌkɪstə].
What does "Schatzkiste" mean?
As a noun, "Schatzkiste" means: massiver, verborgener Behälter aus Holz, in welchem Gegenstände aus Edelmetallen und Edelsteinen versteckt sind
How do you pronounce "Schatzkiste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schatzkiste" is [ˈʃat͡sˌkɪstə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schatzkiste" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Schatzkiste", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schlüchtern#80,889Schneiderei#80,894rückwärtige#80,869Schwarzbach#80,903

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list