Schießerei
[ʃiːsəˈʁaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Schießerei” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Abfolge mehrerer Schusswechsel
Corpus desk
Index DE-schie-erei · Schießerei · German
Schießerei · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Schießerei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃiːsəˈʁaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schießerei“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schießerei is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃiːsəˈʁaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Schießerei in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Schießerei, spelled S-C-H-I-E-S-S-E-R-E-I.
Definition
- 1Abfolge mehrerer Schusswechsel
- 2ununterbrochenes, andauerndes Schießen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schießerei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gestern gab es vor dem Lokal in der Beethovenstraße mal wieder eine Schießerei.
„Ich lachte den Regisseur und Mutter Mewes aus, weil sie den prachtvollen Nachmittag in der Lesehalle verbracht hatten und durch die Berichte über Schießereien und Unruhen in ganz Deutschland verstimmt waren.“
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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.