Schrotthändler
[ˈʃʁɔtˌhɛndlɐ]
The verdict
“Schrotthändler” is uncommon German (frequency #83,270 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,270
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der professionell Schrott kauft und verkauft
Corpus desk
Index DE-schrotthandler · Schrotthändler · German
Schrotthändler · rank #83,270 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,270
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schröpfen
Nearest frequency peer: schröpfen (+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 „Schrotthändler“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schneverdin…
Schneverdingen
16,736 corpus weight
- schnupper
schnupper
16,735 corpus weight
- Schokoladen…
Schokoladenfabrik
16,733 corpus weight
- Schrotthänd…
Schrotthändler
16,731 corpus weight
- schröpfen
schröpfen
16,730 corpus weight
- Schuldgefühl
Schuldgefühl
16,729 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schrotthändler“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schrotthändler |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃʁɔtˌhɛndlɐ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #83,270 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schrotthändler“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schrotthändler is uncommon German at frequency #83,270 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃʁɔtˌhɛndlɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der professionell Schrott kauft und verkauft".
Schrotthändler has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 Schrotthändler, spelled S-C-H-R-O-T-T-H-Ä-N-D-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der professionell Schrott kauft und verkauft
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schrotthändler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Schrotthändler verkaufte seinen Kupferschrott an eine Schmelzhütte.
„Mit diesem ungewöhnlichen Fund hatte ein amerikanischer Schrotthändler im mittleren Westen der USA sicher nicht gerechnet.“
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).