schuldest

[ˈʃʊldəst]

/[ˈʃʊldəst]/ verb

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The verdict

“schuldest” is uncommon German (frequency #59,158 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,158
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schulden

Corpus desk

Index DE-schuldest · schuldest · German

schuldest · rank #59,158 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,158
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schulbehörde

Nearest frequency peer: Schulbehörde (-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 „schuldest“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schuldest
PropertyValue
Headwordschuldest
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃʊldəst]
Letters9
Frequency rank#59,158
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schuldest“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schulbehörde“ (#59,157), „Schuldienst“ (#59,159), „Schrot“ (#59,156). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schuldest“ bei #59,158. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schuldest is uncommon German at frequency #59,158 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃʊldəst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

schuldest doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is schuldest, spelled S-C-H-U-L-D-E-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schulden
  2. 2
    2. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schulden

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 "schuldest"?
"schuldest" is spelled S-C-H-U-L-D-E-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃʊldəst].
What does "schuldest" mean?
As a verb, "schuldest" means: 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schulden
How do you pronounce "schuldest"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schuldest" is [ˈʃʊldəst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schuldest" come from?
"schuldest" 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 "schuldest", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schulfach#59,160schüttete#59,166schamlose#59,141signature#59,181

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list