Schaulust
[ˈʃaʊ̯ˌlʊst]
The verdict
“Schaulust” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Begierde, etwas zu beobachten, bei etwas zuzuschauen
Corpus desk
Index DE-schaulust · Schaulust · German
Schaulust · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schaulust |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃaʊ̯ˌlʊst] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schaulust“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schaulust is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃaʊ̯ˌlʊst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Begierde, etwas zu beobachten, bei etwas zuzuschauen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Schaulust, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable 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 Schaulust, spelled S-C-H-A-U-L-U-S-T.
Definition
- 1Begierde, etwas zu beobachten, bei etwas zuzuschauen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schaulust appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es war reine Schaulust, die ihn davon abhielt, den Blick abzuwenden und weiterzugehen.
Antonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.