Schickung
[ˈʃɪkʊŋ]
The verdict
“Schickung” 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) - etwas, das in das Leben einer Person ohne ihr Zutun eingreift
Corpus desk
Index DE-schickung · Schickung · German
Schickung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Schickung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃɪkʊŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schickung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schickung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃɪkʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas, das in das Leben einer Person ohne ihr Zutun eingreift".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Schickung, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Schickung, spelled S-C-H-I-C-K-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1etwas, das in das Leben einer Person ohne ihr Zutun eingreift
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schickung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Hat er genug zu leben und hat das Schicksal ihn nicht mit Krankheit geschlagen, ist er zufrieden und dankbar, und leidet er Not und Entbehrung, trägt er auch diese Schickung mit Würde.“
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.