schottisch
[ˈʃɔtɪʃ]
The verdict
“schottisch” is uncommon German (frequency #78,515 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,515
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zum Volk der Schotten gehörig
Corpus desk
Index DE-schottisch · schottisch · German
schottisch · rank #78,515 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,515
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schriftsatz
Nearest frequency peer: Schriftsatz (+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 „schottisch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- schluchzend
schluchzend
21,491 corpus weight
- Schneeballs…
Schneeballsystem
21,489 corpus weight
- schnipp
schnipp
21,488 corpus weight
- schottisch
schottisch
21,486 corpus weight
- Schriftsatz
Schriftsatz
21,485 corpus weight
- schulfrei
schulfrei
21,482 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „schottisch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schottisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃɔtɪʃ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #78,515 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schottisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schottisch is uncommon German at frequency #78,515 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃɔtɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for schottisch in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is schottisch, spelled S-C-H-O-T-T-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1zum Volk der Schotten gehörig
- 2zu Schottland gehörig
- 3auf das schottische Englisch, Scots oder die schottisch-gälische Sprache bezogen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schottisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Obgleich der schottische Physiker Clerk James Maxwell bereits 1855 mit den ersten Farbfotos experimentierte und Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts Louis Lumière durch den "Autochrome-Prozess" ein Farbbild mit nur einer Aufnahme anfertigen konnte, mussten viele Jahre vergehen, bis die Firma Agfa 1936 den ersten Farbfilm vorstellte.“
„1266 ging die Isle of Man an die schottische Krone, erst ab Mitte des 14. Jahrhunderts war sie im Besitz der Engländer.“
Synonyms
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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