Schrödinger
[ˈʃʁøːdɪŋɐ]
The verdict
“Schrödinger” is uncommon German (frequency #82,107 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,107
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname
Corpus desk
Index DE-schrodinger · Schrödinger · German
Schrödinger · rank #82,107 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,107
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schriller
Nearest frequency peer: schriller (-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 „Schrödinger“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- schreite
schreite
17,897 corpus weight
- Schriftroll…
Schriftrollen
17,896 corpus weight
- schriller
schriller
17,895 corpus weight
- Schrödinger
Schrödinger
17,894 corpus weight
- Schubart
Schubart
17,893 corpus weight
- schubste
schubste
17,892 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schrödinger“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schrödinger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃʁøːdɪŋɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #82,107 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schrödinger“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schrödinger is uncommon German at frequency #82,107 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈʃʁøːdɪŋɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Schrödinger, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Schrödinger, spelled S-C-H-R-Ö-D-I-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schrödinger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Gleichung wurde 1926 von Erwin Schrödinger (1887–1961) zuerst als Wellengleichung aufgestellt und schon bei ihrer ersten Anwendung erfolgreich zur Erklärung der Spektren des Wasserstoffatoms genutzt.“
„Bei Schrödingers Katze handelt es sich um ein Gedankenexperiment aus der Physik, das 1935 von Erwin Schrödinger vorgeschlagen wurde.“
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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