schlechtbezahlt
[ˈʃlɛçtbəˌt͡saːlt]
The verdict
“schlechtbezahlt” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (zu) wenig Geld für Leistung bekommend
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlechtbezahlt · schlechtbezahlt · German
schlechtbezahlt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | schlechtbezahlt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃlɛçtbəˌt͡saːlt] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schlechtbezahlt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schlechtbezahlt is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃlɛçtbəˌt͡saːlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(zu) wenig Geld für Leistung bekommend".
No misspelling variants are generated for schlechtbezahlt in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is schlechtbezahlt, spelled S-C-H-L-E-C-H-T-B-E-Z-A-H-L-T.
Definition
- 1(zu) wenig Geld für Leistung bekommend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schlechtbezahlt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie gehörte zu den schlechtbezahlten Quereinsteigern.
Diesen schlechtbezahlten Job würde ich am liebsten gar nicht erst annehmen, aber ich muss, die Schulden drücken.
Antonyms
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.