Schützengraben

[ˈʃʏt͡sn̩ˌɡʁaːbn̩]

/[ˈʃʏt͡sn̩ˌɡʁaːbn̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schützengraben” is uncommon German (frequency #59,167 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,167
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - militärische Anlage: Erdwerk, Graben an vorderster Front zum Schutz vor feindlichem Feuer

Corpus desk

Index DE-schutzengraben · Schützengraben · German

Schützengraben · rank #59,167 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,167
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schüttete

Nearest frequency peer: schüttete (-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 „Schützengraben“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schützengraben
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchützengraben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃʏt͡sn̩ˌɡʁaːbn̩]
Letters14
Frequency rank#59,167
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schützengraben“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schüttete“ (#59,166), „Schützenhilfe“ (#59,168), „scrolls“ (#59,169). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schützengraben“ bei #59,167. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schützengraben is uncommon German at frequency #59,167 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃʏt͡sn̩ˌɡʁaːbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "militärische Anlage: Erdwerk, Graben an vorderster Front zum Schutz vor feindlichem Feuer".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Schützengraben, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 Schützengraben, spelled S-C-H-Ü-T-Z-E-N-G-R-A-B-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    militärische Anlage: Erdwerk, Graben an vorderster Front zum Schutz vor feindlichem Feuer

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Zum Schutz vor feindlichen Angriffen wurden Schützengräben ausgehoben.
  2. „Hätte man uns ohne diese Ausbildungszeit in den Schützengraben geschickt, dann wären wohl die meisten von uns verrückt geworden.“

Antonyms

BunkerUnterstand

This word in other languages

trench(English)trinchera(Español)tranchée(Français)trincheira(Português)

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 "Schützengraben"?
"Schützengraben" is spelled S-C-H-Ü-T-Z-E-N-G-R-A-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃʏt͡sn̩ˌɡʁaːbn̩].
What does "Schützengraben" mean?
As a noun, "Schützengraben" means: militärische Anlage: Erdwerk, Graben an vorderster Front zum Schutz vor feindlichem Feuer
How do you pronounce "Schützengraben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schützengraben" is [ˈʃʏt͡sn̩ˌɡʁaːbn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schützengraben" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list