Schlüsselkind
German, noun[ˈʃlʏsl̩ˌkɪnt]
Schlüsselkind is spelled S-C-H-L-Ü-S-S-E-L-K-I-N-D (13 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written German, the 381,294th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlüsselkind is a German neuter noun meaning “latchkey kid, latchkey child” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kind, das den Tag nach der Schule alleine zu Hause verbringt, da beide Elternteile berufstätig sind, und…”.
What does Schlüsselkind mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterlatchkey kid, latchkey child
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Kind, das den Tag nach der Schule alleine zu Hause verbringt, da beide Elternteile berufstätig sind, und daher den Hausschlüssel bei sich trägt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Schlüsselkind
- Schlüsselkindes genitive
- Schlüsselkinds genitive
- Schlüsselkinder plural
- Schlüsselkinde dative singular
- Schlüsselkindern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schlüsselkind?
- [ˈʃlʏsl̩ˌkɪnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schlüsselkind in German?
Schlüsselkind appears about once in every 41 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).