Schifffahrtsstraße
[ˈʃɪffaːɐ̯t͡sˌʃtʁaːsə]
The verdict
“Schifffahrtsstraße” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - für Schiffe festgelegtes Fahrwasser
Corpus desk
Index DE-schifffahrtsstra-e · Schifffahrtsstraße · German
Schifffahrtsstraße · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Schifffahrtsstraße |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃɪffaːɐ̯t͡sˌʃtʁaːsə] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schifffahrtsstraße“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schifffahrtsstraße is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃɪffaːɐ̯t͡sˌʃtʁaːsə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "für Schiffe festgelegtes Fahrwasser".
Schifffahrtsstraße has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Schifffahrtsstraße, spelled S-C-H-I-F-F-F-A-H-R-T-S-S-T-R-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1für Schiffe festgelegtes Fahrwasser
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schifffahrtsstraße appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„China streitet mit Japan und anderen Nachbarn über seine Territorialansprüche auf weite Meeresgebiete mit reichen Fisch- und Rohstoffvorkommen, durch die auch wichtige Schifffahrtsstraßen gehen.“
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.