Schiffsbauer

[ˈʃɪfsˌbaʊ̯ɐ]

/[ˈʃɪfsˌbaʊ̯ɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schiffsbauer” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - jemand, der ein Schiff/Schiffe baut

Corpus desk

Index DE-schiffsbauer · Schiffsbauer · German

Schiffsbauer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 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.

Key facts for Schiffsbauer
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchiffsbauer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃɪfsˌbaʊ̯ɐ]
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Schiffsbauer” sits in German frequency

Schiffsbauer falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schiffsbauer is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃɪfsˌbaʊ̯ɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der ein Schiff/Schiffe baut".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Schiffsbauer, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Schiffsbauer, spelled S-C-H-I-F-F-S-B-A-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemand, der ein Schiff/Schiffe baut

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Nachdem alle Details der Konstruktion sorgfältig berechnet und aufgezeichnet waren, begannen die Schiffsbauer, die falschen Rippen am Kiel zu befestigen.“

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schiffsbauer"?
"Schiffsbauer" is spelled S-C-H-I-F-F-S-B-A-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃɪfsˌbaʊ̯ɐ].
What does "Schiffsbauer" mean?
As a noun, "Schiffsbauer" means: jemand, der ein Schiff/Schiffe baut
How do you pronounce "Schiffsbauer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schiffsbauer" is [ˈʃɪfsˌbaʊ̯ɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schiffsbauer" come from?
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list