schicksalhaft
[ˈʃɪkz̥aːlhaft]
The verdict
“schicksalhaft” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von einer höheren Macht (dem Schicksal) bestimmt
Corpus desk
Index DE-schicksalhaft · schicksalhaft · German
schicksalhaft · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | schicksalhaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃɪkz̥aːlhaft] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schicksalhaft“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schicksalhaft is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃɪkz̥aːlhaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for schicksalhaft in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is schicksalhaft, spelled S-C-H-I-C-K-S-A-L-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1von einer höheren Macht (dem Schicksal) bestimmt
- 2große Auswirkungen auf den weiteren Gang der Geschehnisse habend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schicksalhaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diese Erkrankung wird nicht selten als schicksalhaft hingenommen.
Hinzu kommt, daß das Grundbedürfnis eines jeden Menschen, ein sinnvolles Leben zu führen dann besonders deutlich wird, wenn durch ein schicksalhaftes Ereignis der bisherige Lebenssinn droht, verloren zu gehen.
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.