Schonzeit
[ˈʃoːnˌt͡saɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Schonzeit” is uncommon German (frequency #77,290 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,290
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zeitraum, in dem das Jagen von Wild oder Fischen bestimmter Fischarten verboten ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-schonzeit · Schonzeit · German
Schonzeit · rank #77,290 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,290
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schriftführer…
Nearest frequency peer: Schriftführerin (+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 „Schonzeit“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- schnacken
schnacken
22,715 corpus weight
- Schneeglöck…
Schneeglöckchen
22,714 corpus weight
- Schnittpunk…
Schnittpunkte
22,713 corpus weight
- Schonzeit
Schonzeit
22,711 corpus weight
- Schriftführ…
Schriftführerin
22,710 corpus weight
- Schuldiger
Schuldiger
22,708 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schonzeit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schonzeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃoːnˌt͡saɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #77,290 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schonzeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schonzeit is uncommon German at frequency #77,290 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃoːnˌt͡saɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Schonzeit, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Schonzeit, spelled S-C-H-O-N-Z-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Zeitraum, in dem das Jagen von Wild oder Fischen bestimmter Fischarten verboten ist
- 2Zeitraum, in dem Fehler, ohne Gefahr Kritik dafür zu erhalten, gemacht werden dürfen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schonzeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im Unterschied zum Wild gibt es für Raubzeug keine Schonzeit.“
„Als die Grönländer nach einer Schonzeit von 75 Jahren wieder eine Quote von drei Grönlandwalen erlegen durften, zogen sie eines der Tiere in die Rodebay.“
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This word in other languages
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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