Schlagfertigkeit

[ˈʃlaːkˌfɛʁtɪçkaɪ̯t]

/[ˈʃlaːkˌfɛʁtɪçkaɪ̯t]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schlagfertigkeit” is uncommon German (frequency #70,765 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,765
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fähigkeit, unmittelbar treffend/witzig zu reagieren

Corpus desk

Index DE-schlagfertigkeit · Schlagfertigkeit · German

Schlagfertigkeit · rank #70,765 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,765
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schiris

Nearest frequency peer: Schiris (-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 „Schlagfertigkeit“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schlagfertigkeit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schlagfertigkeit
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchlagfertigkeit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃlaːkˌfɛʁtɪçkaɪ̯t]
Letters16
Frequency rank#70,765
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schlagfertigkeit“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Schlagfertigkeitfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schiris“ (#70,764), „schlagkräftige“ (#70,766), „Schlamperei“ (#70,767). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schlagfertigkeit“ bei #70,765. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schlagfertigkeit is uncommon German at frequency #70,765 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃlaːkˌfɛʁtɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fähigkeit, unmittelbar treffend/witzig zu reagieren".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Schlagfertigkeit in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Schlagfertigkeit, spelled S-C-H-L-A-G-F-E-R-T-I-G-K-E-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fähigkeit, unmittelbar treffend/witzig zu reagieren

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Was ihm dagegen völlig abgeht, das ist die Schlagfertigkeit, die ihn leider allzuoft um eine verdiente durchschlagende Pointe bringt.“
  2. „Selbstverständlich, auch in anderen Landstrichen deutscher Zunge sitzt der Swinegel der Schlagfertigkeit oft längst schon dort, wo der Hase des Vorwitzes erst mal hinlaufen wollte.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schlagfertigkeit"?
"Schlagfertigkeit" is spelled S-C-H-L-A-G-F-E-R-T-I-G-K-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃlaːkˌfɛʁtɪçkaɪ̯t].
What does "Schlagfertigkeit" mean?
As a noun, "Schlagfertigkeit" means: Fähigkeit, unmittelbar treffend/witzig zu reagieren
How do you pronounce "Schlagfertigkeit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schlagfertigkeit" is [ˈʃlaːkˌfɛʁtɪçkaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schlagfertigkeit" come from?
"Schlagfertigkeit" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Schlagfertigkeit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list