Schießscheibe
[ˈʃiːsˌʃaɪ̯bə]
The verdict
“Schießscheibe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Objekt, das bei Schießübungen mit dem Geschoss getroffen werden soll
Corpus desk
Index DE-schie-scheibe · Schießscheibe · German
Schießscheibe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | Schießscheibe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃiːsˌʃaɪ̯bə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Schießscheibe” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Schießscheibe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃiːsˌʃaɪ̯bə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Objekt, das bei Schießübungen mit dem Geschoss getroffen werden soll".
Schießscheibe has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schießscheibe, spelled S-C-H-I-E-S-S-S-C-H-E-I-B-E.
Definition
- 1Objekt, das bei Schießübungen mit dem Geschoss getroffen werden soll
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schießscheibe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im Park, zum Rhein hin, sah ich vor den Trauerweiden die Schießscheiben in Großvaters Schießstand sich bewegen.“
Synonyms
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.
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