Schauinsland

[ˈʃaʊ̯ʔɪnsˌlant]

/[ˈʃaʊ̯ʔɪnsˌlant]/ name

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The verdict

“Schauinsland” is uncommon German (frequency #85,798 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,798
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der am westlichen Rande des Schwarzwaldes gelegene Hausberg von Freiburg im Breisgau

Corpus desk

Index DE-schauinsland · Schauinsland · German

Schauinsland · rank #85,798 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,798
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schan

Nearest frequency peer: schan (-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 „Schauinsland“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schauinsland
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchauinsland
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈʃaʊ̯ʔɪnsˌlant]
Letters12
Frequency rank#85,798
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schauinsland“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Schauinslandfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schan“ (#85,797), „Schadstoff“ (#85,796), „Scheuermann“ (#85,800). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schauinsland“ bei #85,798. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schauinsland is uncommon German at frequency #85,798 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈʃaʊ̯ʔɪnsˌlant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der am westlichen Rande des Schwarzwaldes gelegene Hausberg von Freiburg im Breisgau".

Schauinsland has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Schauinsland, spelled S-C-H-A-U-I-N-S-L-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    der am westlichen Rande des Schwarzwaldes gelegene Hausberg von Freiburg im Breisgau

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Besonders bei Inversionswetterlagen im Herbst bietet der Schauinsland hervorragende Aussichten „über den Wolken“ bis zu den Vogesen, zur Hornisgrinde und in die Alpen: Tödi, Titlis, Eiger, Jungfrau, Weißhorn, Bietschhorn, Grand Combin, Mont Blanc.“

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 "Schauinsland"?
"Schauinsland" is spelled S-C-H-A-U-I-N-S-L-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃaʊ̯ʔɪnsˌlant].
What does "Schauinsland" mean?
As a proper noun, "Schauinsland" means: der am westlichen Rande des Schwarzwaldes gelegene Hausberg von Freiburg im Breisgau
How do you pronounce "Schauinsland"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schauinsland" is [ˈʃaʊ̯ʔɪnsˌlant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schauinsland" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list