Schutzbrille

[ˈʃʊt͡sˌbʁɪlə]

/[ˈʃʊt͡sˌbʁɪlə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schutzbrille” is uncommon German (frequency #78,523 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,523
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Brille, die vor Schäden am Auge bewahren soll

Corpus desk

Index DE-schutzbrille · Schutzbrille · German

Schutzbrille · rank #78,523 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,523
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schulterhöhe

Nearest frequency peer: Schulterhöhe (-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 „Schutzbrille“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schutzbrille
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchutzbrille
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃʊt͡sˌbʁɪlə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#78,523
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schutzbrille“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schulterhöhe“ (#78,522), „Schutzmacht“ (#78,524), „Schullehrer“ (#78,521). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schutzbrille“ bei #78,523. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schutzbrille is uncommon German at frequency #78,523 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃʊt͡sˌbʁɪlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Brille, die vor Schäden am Auge bewahren soll".

No misspelling variants are generated for Schutzbrille in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Schutzbrille, spelled S-C-H-U-T-Z-B-R-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Brille, die vor Schäden am Auge bewahren soll

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Ein Rapper hat sich die totale Sonnenfinsternis in den USA absichtlich ohne spezielle Schutzbrille angesehen und musste jetzt drei Konzerte absagen […].“
  2. „Sie setzten ihre Schutzbrillen auf und zwängten sich in die schusssicheren Westen.“

This word in other languages

goggles(English)

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 "Schutzbrille"?
"Schutzbrille" is spelled S-C-H-U-T-Z-B-R-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃʊt͡sˌbʁɪlə].
What does "Schutzbrille" mean?
As a noun, "Schutzbrille" means: Brille, die vor Schäden am Auge bewahren soll
How do you pronounce "Schutzbrille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schutzbrille" is [ˈʃʊt͡sˌbʁɪlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schutzbrille" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schulterhöhe#78,522Schirmherrin#78,506Schatzsucher#78,501skrupelloser#78,552

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list