Schuldunfähigkeit
[ˈʃʊltʔʊnˌfɛːɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Schuldunfähigkeit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zustand einer Person, die wegen ihres Alters oder aus Gründen, die in ihrer Psyche liegen, strafrechtlich nicht belangt werden kann
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schuldunfähigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃʊltʔʊnˌfɛːɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schuldunfähigkeit” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Schuldunfähigkeit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃʊltʔʊnˌfɛːɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zustand einer Person, die wegen ihres Alters oder aus Gründen, die in ihrer Psyche liegen, strafrechtlich nicht belangt werden kann".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Schuldunfähigkeit, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schuldunfähigkeit, spelled S-C-H-U-L-D-U-N-F-Ä-H-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Zustand einer Person, die wegen ihres Alters oder aus Gründen, die in ihrer Psyche liegen, strafrechtlich nicht belangt werden kann
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-U-L-D-U-N-F-Ä-H-I-G-K-E-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.