Schlagwörter

[ˈʃlaːkˌvœʁtɐ]

/[ˈʃlaːkˌvœʁtɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schlagwörter” is uncommon German (frequency #55,685 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,685
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Schlagwort

Corpus desk

Index DE-schlagworter · Schlagwörter · German

Schlagwörter · rank #55,685 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,685
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schlafmittel

Nearest frequency peer: Schlafmittel (-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 „Schlagwörter“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schlagwörter
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchlagwörter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃlaːkˌvœʁtɐ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#55,685
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schlagwörter“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schlafmittel“ (#55,684), „Schlaraffenland“ (#55,686), „schikanieren“ (#55,683). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schlagwörter“ bei #55,685. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schlagwörter is uncommon German at frequency #55,685 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃlaːkˌvœʁtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Schlagwörter has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented 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 Schlagwörter, spelled S-C-H-L-A-G-W-Ö-R-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Schlagwort
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Schlagwort
  3. 3
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Schlagwort

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 "Schlagwörter"?
"Schlagwörter" is spelled S-C-H-L-A-G-W-Ö-R-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃlaːkˌvœʁtɐ].
What does "Schlagwörter" mean?
As a noun, "Schlagwörter" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Schlagwort
How do you pronounce "Schlagwörter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schlagwörter" is [ˈʃlaːkˌvœʁtɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schlagwörter" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schlafmittel#55,684schikanieren#55,683Schulbüchern#55,692schwierigere#55,696

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list