Schirmherrin
[ˈʃɪʁmˌhɛʁɪn]
The verdict
“Schirmherrin” is uncommon German (frequency #78,506 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,506
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dame, die mit ihrem (bekannten) Namen als offizielle Unterstützerin für eine Veranstaltung, eine Organisation, ein Projekt etc. in Erscheinung tritt
Corpus desk
Index DE-schirmherrin · Schirmherrin · German
Schirmherrin · rank #78,506 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,506
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schlaffen
Nearest frequency peer: schlaffen (+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 „Schirmherrin“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schaufenste…
Schaufenstern
21,499 corpus weight
- Schichtwech…
Schichtwechsel
21,497 corpus weight
- Schirmherrin
Schirmherrin
21,495 corpus weight
- schlaffen
schlaffen
21,494 corpus weight
- Schlafsaal
Schlafsaal
21,493 corpus weight
- schleimig
schleimig
21,492 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schirmherrin“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schirmherrin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃɪʁmˌhɛʁɪn] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #78,506 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schirmherrin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schirmherrin is uncommon German at frequency #78,506 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃɪʁmˌhɛʁɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dame, die mit ihrem (bekannten) Namen als offizielle Unterstützerin für eine Veranstaltung, eine Organisation, ein Projekt etc. in Erscheinung tritt".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Schirmherrin in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Schirmherrin, spelled S-C-H-I-R-M-H-E-R-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1Dame, die mit ihrem (bekannten) Namen als offizielle Unterstützerin für eine Veranstaltung, eine Organisation, ein Projekt etc. in Erscheinung tritt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schirmherrin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Als Folge ihres Engagements für den Taubenrennsport ist die Queen Schirmherrin mehrerer sogenannter Racing Societies.“
Synonyms
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.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).