schutzbedürftige

[ˈʃʊt͡sbəˌdʏʁftɪɡə]

/[ˈʃʊt͡sbəˌdʏʁftɪɡə]/ adj

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The verdict

“schutzbedürftige” is uncommon German (frequency #97,663 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,663
frequency rank, German
107,600
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schutzbedürftig

Key facts for schutzbedürftige
PropertyValue
Headwordschutzbedürftige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃʊt͡sbəˌdʏʁftɪɡə]
Letters16
Frequency rank#97,663
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “schutzbedürftige” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). schutzbedürftige lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schutzbedürftige is uncommon German at frequency #97,663 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃʊt͡sbəˌdʏʁftɪɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for schutzbedürftige in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 schutzbedürftige, spelled S-C-H-U-T-Z-B-E-D-Ü-R-F-T-I-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schutzbedürftig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schutzbedürftig
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schutzbedürftig
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schutzbedürftig
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schutzbedürftig
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schutzbedürftig
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schutzbedürftig
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schutzbedürftig
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schutzbedürftig

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 "schutzbedürftige"?
"schutzbedürftige" is spelled S-C-H-U-T-Z-B-E-D-Ü-R-F-T-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃʊt͡sbəˌdʏʁftɪɡə].
What does "schutzbedürftige" mean?
As an adjective, "schutzbedürftige" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schutzbedürftig
How do you pronounce "schutzbedürftige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schutzbedürftige" is [ˈʃʊt͡sbəˌdʏʁftɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schutzbedürftige" come from?
"schutzbedürftige" 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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Using “schutzbedürftige”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-U-T-Z-B-E-D-Ü-R-F-T-I-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈʃʊt͡sbəˌdʏʁftɪɡə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

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Data Source

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list