Schottergrube
[ˈʃɔtɐˌɡʁuːbə]
The verdict
“Schottergrube” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tagebau zur Förderung von Schotter
Corpus desk
Index DE-schottergrube · Schottergrube · German
Schottergrube · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Schottergrube |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃɔtɐˌɡʁuːbə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schottergrube“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schottergrube is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃɔtɐˌɡʁuːbə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tagebau zur Förderung von Schotter".
Zero misspellings are on record for Schottergrube in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schottergrube, spelled S-C-H-O-T-T-E-R-G-R-U-B-E.
Definition
- 1Tagebau zur Förderung von Schotter
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schottergrube appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im Sommer 1993 war es nicht ratsam, von dieser höhergelegenen Schottergrube für die dringend notwendige Sanierung der Schneealmstraße Material zu entnehmen, zumal bereits die Wiener Wasserwerke Beschwerden vorgebracht hatten, daß das Wasser in eine falsche Doline fließe.“
Synonyms
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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.