scheißkalt
[ʃaɪ̯sˈkalt]
The verdict
“scheißkalt” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sehr kalt
Corpus desk
Index DE-schei-kalt · scheißkalt · German
scheißkalt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | scheißkalt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ʃaɪ̯sˈkalt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „scheißkalt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
scheißkalt is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʃaɪ̯sˈkalt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sehr kalt".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for scheißkalt, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is scheißkalt, spelled S-C-H-E-I-S-S-K-A-L-T.
Definition
- 1sehr kalt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how scheißkalt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Keine zehn Pferde hätten sie in die scheißkalte Nordsee gebracht, …“
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.