Schuldienst

[ˈʃuːlˌdiːnst]

/[ˈʃuːlˌdiːnst]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schuldienst” is uncommon German (frequency #59,159 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,159
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arbeit eines Lehrers/einer Lehrerin in der Schule; Dienst in der Schule

Corpus desk

Index DE-schuldienst · Schuldienst · German

Schuldienst · rank #59,159 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,159
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schuldest

Nearest frequency peer: schuldest (-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 „Schuldienst“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schuldienst
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchuldienst
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃuːlˌdiːnst]
Letters11
Frequency rank#59,159
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schuldienst“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Schuldienstfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schuldest“ (#59,158), „Schulfach“ (#59,160), „Schulbehörde“ (#59,157). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schuldienst“ bei #59,159. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schuldienst is uncommon German at frequency #59,159 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃuːlˌdiːnst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Arbeit eines Lehrers/einer Lehrerin in der Schule; Dienst in der Schule".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Schuldienst, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schuldienst, spelled S-C-H-U-L-D-I-E-N-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arbeit eines Lehrers/einer Lehrerin in der Schule; Dienst in der Schule

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Sie unterbrach den Schuldienst nur einen Tag lang.“

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 "Schuldienst"?
"Schuldienst" is spelled S-C-H-U-L-D-I-E-N-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃuːlˌdiːnst].
What does "Schuldienst" mean?
As a noun, "Schuldienst" means: Arbeit eines Lehrers/einer Lehrerin in der Schule; Dienst in der Schule
How do you pronounce "Schuldienst"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schuldienst" is [ˈʃuːlˌdiːnst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schlaumeier#59,148schlagenden#59,147Scharmützel#59,142Schamgefühl#59,140

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list