Schiffskapitän

[ˈʃɪfskapiˌtɛːn]

/[ˈʃɪfskapiˌtɛːn]/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency German
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kapitän eines Schiffs

Corpus desk

Index DE-schiffskapitan · Schiffskapitän · German

Schiffskapitän · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 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 Schiffskapitän
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchiffskapitän
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃɪfskapiˌtɛːn]
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schiffskapitän“ im Deutschen

Schiffskapitänschafft es nicht in die Top 100.000 des Deutschen: Zone für Fach-, Alt- oder Seltenwortschatz.

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

Rare enough to double-check

Schiffskapitän is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃɪfskapiˌtɛːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kapitän eines Schiffs".

Schiffskapitän doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schiffskapitän, spelled S-C-H-I-F-F-S-K-A-P-I-T-Ä-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Kapitän eines Schiffs

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Er legte die Hände auf die beiden Außenkanten des Rednerpultes, wie ein Schiffskapitän, der bei rauer See das Ruder fest umklammert hält.“

Synonyms

Bootskapitän

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schiffskapitän"?
"Schiffskapitän" is spelled S-C-H-I-F-F-S-K-A-P-I-T-Ä-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃɪfskapiˌtɛːn].
What does "Schiffskapitän" mean?
As a noun, "Schiffskapitän" means: Kapitän eines Schiffs
How do you pronounce "Schiffskapitän"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schiffskapitän" is [ˈʃɪfskapiˌtɛːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schiffskapitän" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list