Schaukasten
[ˈʃaʊ̯ˌkastn̩]
The verdict
“Schaukasten” is uncommon German (frequency #79,675 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,675
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kasten mit Sichtfenster, in dem man Gegenstände präsentieren kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-schaukasten · Schaukasten · German
Schaukasten · rank #79,675 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,675
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schaufelt
Nearest frequency peer: schaufelt (-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 „Schaukasten“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Scharlatan
Scharlatan
20,329 corpus weight
- Schattendas…
Schattendasein
20,328 corpus weight
- schaufelt
schaufelt
20,327 corpus weight
- Schaukasten
Schaukasten
20,326 corpus weight
- Schaukelstu…
Schaukelstuhl
20,325 corpus weight
- Schaumwein
Schaumwein
20,324 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schaukasten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schaukasten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃaʊ̯ˌkastn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #79,675 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schaukasten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schaukasten is uncommon German at frequency #79,675 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃaʊ̯ˌkastn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kasten mit Sichtfenster, in dem man Gegenstände präsentieren kann".
Zero misspellings are on record for Schaukasten in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 Schaukasten, spelled S-C-H-A-U-K-A-S-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Kasten mit Sichtfenster, in dem man Gegenstände präsentieren kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schaukasten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Längs der einen Wand besteht eine Theke ungefähr zur Hälfte aus gläsernen Schaukästen, in denen Haken und Angelschnüre und verschiedene patentierte Geräte liegen, die beim Fischfang garantiert helfen.“
„Sie öffnete den Schaukasten, nahm den Karton aus dem Fenster und pustete den Staub davon ab.“
This word in other languages
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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