Schinderei
[ʃɪndəˈʁaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Schinderei” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - andauerndes Schinden (vergleiche schinden), extreme Beanspruchung, üble Behandlung
Corpus desk
Index DE-schinderei · Schinderei · German
Schinderei · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Schinderei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃɪndəˈʁaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schinderei“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schinderei is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃɪndəˈʁaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Schinderei in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Schinderei, spelled S-C-H-I-N-D-E-R-E-I.
Definition
- 1andauerndes Schinden (vergleiche schinden), extreme Beanspruchung, üble Behandlung
- 2andauerndes Sichschinden, intensive Bemühung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schinderei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Chef hat sich durch seine Schindereien unbeliebt gemacht.
„Mit den 50 Pfennig pro Tag für die Schinderei beim RAD war an Hochzeit nicht zu denken.“
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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.