Schicksalsschlag
[ˈʃɪkzaːlsˌʃlaːk]
The verdict
“Schicksalsschlag” is uncommon German (frequency #57,382 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,382
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schlimmes Ereignis, das das Leben eines Menschen prägt und verändert
Corpus desk
Index DE-schicksalsschlag · Schicksalsschlag · German
Schicksalsschlag · rank #57,382 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,382
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schildes
Nearest frequency peer: Schildes (+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 „Schicksalsschlag“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schafskäse
Schafskäse
42,622 corpus weight
- schaukelt
schaukelt
42,621 corpus weight
- Schicksalss…
Schicksalsschlag
42,619 corpus weight
- Schildes
Schildes
42,618 corpus weight
- Schlaglöcher
Schlaglöcher
42,617 corpus weight
- schmierigen
schmierigen
42,616 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schicksalsschlag“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schicksalsschlag |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃɪkzaːlsˌʃlaːk] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #57,382 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schicksalsschlag“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schicksalsschlag is uncommon German at frequency #57,382 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃɪkzaːlsˌʃlaːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schlimmes Ereignis, das das Leben eines Menschen prägt und verändert".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Schicksalsschlag, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Schicksalsschlag, spelled S-C-H-I-C-K-S-A-L-S-S-C-H-L-A-G.
Definition
- 1schlimmes Ereignis, das das Leben eines Menschen prägt und verändert
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schicksalsschlag appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Jeder kann mitfühlen, was dieser Schicksalsschlag für dich bedeutet. Trotzdem hättest du dich etwas mehr beherrschen sollen.“
„Stillstehende Züge gehören für Holländer nun mal zu den Schicksalsschlägen, die über die Menschheit hereinbrechen wie Tsunamis oder Taubenschwärme.“
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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