Schusslinie
[ˈʃʊsˌliːni̯ə]
The verdict
“Schusslinie” is uncommon German (frequency #58,271 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,271
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Richtung, in die ein Schuss abgefeuert wird; (gedachte) Linie, welche die Schussrichtung darstellt beziehungsweise das Ziel markiert
Corpus desk
Index DE-schusslinie · Schusslinie · German
Schusslinie · rank #58,271 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,271
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schuljahre
Nearest frequency peer: Schuljahre (-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 „Schusslinie“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schreckgesp…
Schreckgespenst
41,733 corpus weight
- schreienden
schreienden
41,732 corpus weight
- Schuljahre
Schuljahre
41,731 corpus weight
- Schusslinie
Schusslinie
41,730 corpus weight
- Schwall
Schwall
41,729 corpus weight
- Schweinebra…
Schweinebraten
41,728 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schusslinie“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schusslinie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃʊsˌliːni̯ə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #58,271 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schusslinie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schusslinie is uncommon German at frequency #58,271 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃʊsˌliːni̯ə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Richtung, in die ein Schuss abgefeuert wird; (gedachte) Linie, welche die Schussrichtung darstellt beziehungsweise das Ziel markiert".
No misspelling variants are generated for Schusslinie in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Schusslinie, spelled S-C-H-U-S-S-L-I-N-I-E.
Definition
- 1Richtung, in die ein Schuss abgefeuert wird; (gedachte) Linie, welche die Schussrichtung darstellt beziehungsweise das Ziel markiert
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schusslinie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Boss, gehe aus der Schusslinie! Ich habe das Reh im Visier!“
„Nein, ich interessiere mich nur für die Tiere, die bisweilen in der Schusslinie sind.“
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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