Schreckensherrschaft
[ˈʃʁɛkn̩sˌhɛʁʃaft]
The verdict
“Schreckensherrschaft” is uncommon German (frequency #69,669 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,669
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Herrschaft durch eine Regierung, die auch Gewalt gegen die eigene Bevölkerung anwendet
Corpus desk
Index DE-schreckensherrschaft · Schreckensherrschaft · German
Schreckensherrschaft · rank #69,669 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,669
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schnittmuster
Nearest frequency peer: Schnittmuster (-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 „Schreckensherrschaft“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schlieben
Schlieben
30,336 corpus weight
- schmiegt
schmiegt
30,335 corpus weight
- Schnittmust…
Schnittmuster
30,333 corpus weight
- Schreckensh…
Schreckensherrschaft
30,332 corpus weight
- Schuldhaft
Schuldhaft
30,331 corpus weight
- Schutzberei…
Schutzbereich
30,329 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schreckensherrschaft“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schreckensherrschaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃʁɛkn̩sˌhɛʁʃaft] |
| Letters | 20 |
| Frequency rank | #69,669 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schreckensherrschaft“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schreckensherrschaft is uncommon German at frequency #69,669 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃʁɛkn̩sˌhɛʁʃaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Herrschaft durch eine Regierung, die auch Gewalt gegen die eigene Bevölkerung anwendet".
Zero misspellings are on record for Schreckensherrschaft in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Schreckensherrschaft, spelled S-C-H-R-E-C-K-E-N-S-H-E-R-R-S-C-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1Herrschaft durch eine Regierung, die auch Gewalt gegen die eigene Bevölkerung anwendet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schreckensherrschaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Irakkrieg setzte zwar Saddams Schreckensherrschaft ein Ende, stürzte den Irak aber in heilloses Chaos.
„Die Weimarer Republik gilt als eine krisengeschüttelte, politisch umkämpfte Episode, an deren Ende die Schreckensherrschaft der Nazis steht.“
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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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