Schiffbrüchiger

[ˈʃɪfˌbʁʏçɪɡɐ]

/[ˈʃɪfˌbʁʏçɪɡɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schiffbrüchiger” is uncommon German (frequency #94,821 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,821
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die Opfer eines Schiffbruchs wurde

Corpus desk

Index DE-schiffbruchiger · Schiffbrüchiger · German

Schiffbrüchiger · rank #94,821 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,821
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schiffsführer

Nearest frequency peer: Schiffsführer (+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 „Schiffbrüchiger“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schiffbrüchiger“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schiffbrüchiger
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchiffbrüchiger
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃɪfˌbʁʏçɪɡɐ]
Letters15
Frequency rank#94,821
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schiffbrüchiger“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Schiffbrüchigerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schiffsführer“ (#94,822), „Schiefergas“ (#94,819), „schicksalhafte“ (#94,818). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schiffbrüchiger“ bei #94,821. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schiffbrüchiger is uncommon German at frequency #94,821 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃɪfˌbʁʏçɪɡɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die Opfer eines Schiffbruchs wurde".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Schiffbrüchiger, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Schiffbrüchiger, spelled S-C-H-I-F-F-B-R-Ü-C-H-I-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die Opfer eines Schiffbruchs wurde

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Schiffbrüchiger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Nach einem Monat auf See ist ein 18-jähriger Schiffbrüchiger aus dem Pazifik gerettet und in seine Heimat Panama zurückgebracht worden.“
  2. „Robinson Crusoe ist ein Roman von Daniel Defoe, der die Geschichte eines Seemannes erzählt, der mehrere Jahre auf einer Insel als Schiffbrüchiger verbringt.“

This word in other languages

castaway(English)náufrago(Español)naufragé(Français)náufrago(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schiffbrüchiger"?
"Schiffbrüchiger" is spelled S-C-H-I-F-F-B-R-Ü-C-H-I-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃɪfˌbʁʏçɪɡɐ].
What does "Schiffbrüchiger" mean?
As a noun, "Schiffbrüchiger" means: Person, die Opfer eines Schiffbruchs wurde
How do you pronounce "Schiffbrüchiger"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schiffbrüchiger" is [ˈʃɪfˌbʁʏçɪɡɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schiffbrüchiger" come from?
"Schiffbrüchiger" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Schiffbrüchiger", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list