Schichtdienst
[ˈʃɪçtˌdiːnst]
The verdict
“Schichtdienst” is uncommon German (frequency #58,257 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,257
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arbeit in über den Tag verteilten zeitlichen Abschnitten
Corpus desk
Index DE-schichtdienst · Schichtdienst · German
Schichtdienst · rank #58,257 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,257
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH scherzte
Nearest frequency peer: scherzte (-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 „Schichtdienst“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schaltfläche
Schaltfläche
41,747 corpus weight
- scherzte
scherzte
41,745 corpus weight
- Schichtdien…
Schichtdienst
41,744 corpus weight
- Schiffsverk…
Schiffsverkehr
41,743 corpus weight
- Schildchen
Schildchen
41,742 corpus weight
- Schlesiens
Schlesiens
41,741 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schichtdienst“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schichtdienst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃɪçtˌdiːnst] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #58,257 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schichtdienst“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schichtdienst is uncommon German at frequency #58,257 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃɪçtˌdiːnst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Arbeit in über den Tag verteilten zeitlichen Abschnitten".
Zero misspellings are on record for Schichtdienst in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schichtdienst, spelled S-C-H-I-C-H-T-D-I-E-N-S-T.
Definition
- 1Arbeit in über den Tag verteilten zeitlichen Abschnitten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schichtdienst appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seit fünf Jahren arbeitet er bereits im Schichtdienst.
„Aber von diesem Fenster aus sah er nur Leute, die vom Schichtdienst kamen oder dorthin gingen.“
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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