Schatztruhe

[ˈʃat͡sˌtʁuːə]

/[ˈʃat͡sˌtʁuːə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schatztruhe” is uncommon German (frequency #70,759 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,759
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Truhe, deren Inhalt besonders wertvoll ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-schatztruhe · Schatztruhe · German

Schatztruhe · rank #70,759 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,759
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schaltkreise

Nearest frequency peer: Schaltkreise (-2 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 „Schatztruhe“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schatztruhe
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchatztruhe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃat͡sˌtʁuːə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#70,759
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schatztruhe“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schaltkreise“ (#70,757), „scheitere“ (#70,762), „satirischer“ (#70,755). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schatztruhe“ bei #70,759. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schatztruhe is uncommon German at frequency #70,759 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃat͡sˌtʁuːə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Truhe, deren Inhalt besonders wertvoll ist".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Schatztruhe, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Schatztruhe, spelled S-C-H-A-T-Z-T-R-U-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Truhe, deren Inhalt besonders wertvoll ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dort, wo ein X auf den Sand gemalt wurde, ist eine Schatztruhe vergraben.
  2. „Unser Gefangener saß in der Kajüte, der eisernen Schatztruhe gegenüber, um die er so viel gewagt und unternommen hatte, um sie zu erlangen.“

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 "Schatztruhe"?
"Schatztruhe" is spelled S-C-H-A-T-Z-T-R-U-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃat͡sˌtʁuːə].
What does "Schatztruhe" mean?
As a noun, "Schatztruhe" means: Truhe, deren Inhalt besonders wertvoll ist
How do you pronounce "Schatztruhe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schatztruhe" is [ˈʃat͡sˌtʁuːə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schatztruhe" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

satirischer#70,755Schlamperei#70,767Schweregrad#70,792reservierte#70,725

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list