Schulanfänger

[ˈʃuːlʔanˌfɛŋɐ]

/[ˈʃuːlʔanˌfɛŋɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schulanfänger” is uncommon German (frequency #93,557 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,557
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kind, das erstmals die Schule besucht

Corpus desk

Index DE-schulanfanger · Schulanfänger · German

Schulanfänger · rank #93,557 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,557
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schulalter

Nearest frequency peer: Schulalter (-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 „Schulanfänger“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schulanfänger“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schulanfänger
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchulanfänger
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃuːlʔanˌfɛŋɐ]
Letters13
Frequency rank#93,557
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schulanfänger“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Schulanfängerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schulalter“ (#93,556), „Schreckschusspistole“ (#93,555), „Schulprogramm“ (#93,559). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schulanfänger“ bei #93,557. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schulanfänger is uncommon German at frequency #93,557 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃuːlʔanˌfɛŋɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kind, das erstmals die Schule besucht".

Schulanfänger doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Schulanfänger, spelled S-C-H-U-L-A-N-F-Ä-N-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Kind, das erstmals die Schule besucht

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Schulanfänger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Schulanfänger schreiben häufig spontan von rechts nach links oder malen einzelne Zeichen spiegelverkehrt.“
  2. „Allmählich, etwa als Schulanfänger, lernt das Kind dann, sich in ein Regelspiel hineinzufinden.“

Synonyms

Abc-SchützeEinschülerErstklässlerTaferlklassler

Antonyms

AbsolventSchulabgängerEntlassschüler

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schulanfänger"?
"Schulanfänger" is spelled S-C-H-U-L-A-N-F-Ä-N-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃuːlʔanˌfɛŋɐ].
What does "Schulanfänger" mean?
As a noun, "Schulanfänger" means: Kind, das erstmals die Schule besucht
How do you pronounce "Schulanfänger"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schulanfänger" is [ˈʃuːlʔanˌfɛŋɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schulanfänger" come from?
"Schulanfänger" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Schulanfänger", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schulprogramm#93,559schonungslose#93,554Schwanzspitze#93,567Schweinezucht#93,569

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list