Schiffbarkeit
German, noun[ˈʃɪfbaːɐ̯kaɪ̯t]
Schiffbarkeit is spelled S-C-H-I-F-F-B-A-R-K-E-I-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 211,221st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schiffbarkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “navigability” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Eigenschaft von Gewässern, mit einem Schiff befahrbar zu sein”.
What does Schiffbarkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenavigability
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Eigenschaft von Gewässern, mit einem Schiff befahrbar zu sein
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Schiffbarkeit?
- [ˈʃɪfbaːɐ̯kaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schiffbarkeit in German?
Schiffbarkeit appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).