Schutzbefohlenen

Name: Schutzbefohlenen, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[ˈʃʊt͡sbəˌfoːlənən]

/[ˈʃʊt͡sbəˌfoːlənən]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“Schutzbefohlenen” is uncommon German (frequency #70,786 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,786
frequency rank, German: 107,600
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular der starken Flexion des Substantivs Schutzbefohlener

Key facts for Schutzbefohlenen
Property	Value
Headword	Schutzbefohlenen
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈʃʊt͡sbəˌfoːlənən]
Letters	16
Frequency rank	#70,786
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Schutzbefohlenen” 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). Schutzbefohlenen lands here:

#70,786

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

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

Rare enough to double-check

Schutzbefohlenen is uncommon German at frequency #70,786 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃʊt͡sbəˌfoːlənən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 11 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Schutzbefohlenen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Schutzbefohlenen, spelled S-C-H-U-T-Z-B-E-F-O-H-L-E-N-E-N.

Definition

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Genitiv Singular der starken Flexion des Substantivs Schutzbefohlener
2
Akkusativ Singular der starken Flexion des Substantivs Schutzbefohlener
3
Dativ Plural der starken Flexion des Substantivs Schutzbefohlener
4
Genitiv Singular der schwachen Flexion des Substantivs Schutzbefohlener
5
Dativ Singular der schwachen Flexion des Substantivs Schutzbefohlener
6
Akkusativ Singular der schwachen Flexion des Substantivs Schutzbefohlener
7
Plural der schwachen Flexion des Substantivs Schutzbefohlener
8
Genitiv Singular der gemischten Flexion des Substantivs Schutzbefohlener
9
Dativ Singular der gemischten Flexion des Substantivs Schutzbefohlener
10
Akkusativ Singular der gemischten Flexion des Substantivs Schutzbefohlener
11
Plural der gemischten Flexion des Substantivs Schutzbefohlener

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 "Schutzbefohlenen"?

"Schutzbefohlenen" is spelled S-C-H-U-T-Z-B-E-F-O-H-L-E-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃʊt͡sbəˌfoːlənən].

What does "Schutzbefohlenen" mean?

As a noun, "Schutzbefohlenen" means: Genitiv Singular der starken Flexion des Substantivs Schutzbefohlener

How do you pronounce "Schutzbefohlenen"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schutzbefohlenen" is [ˈʃʊt͡sbəˌfoːlənən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Schutzbefohlenen" come from?

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Using “Schutzbefohlenen”

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-F-O-H-L-E-N-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.