Schutzgeld
[ˈʃʊt͡sˌɡɛlt]
The verdict
“Schutzgeld” is uncommon German (frequency #68,655 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,655
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - regelmäßig zu entrichtender Geldbetrag, den eine kriminelle Organisation unter Androhung oder Anwendung von Gewalt von Geschäftsleuten (Wirte, Ladenbesitzer) erpresst
Corpus desk
Index DE-schutzgeld · Schutzgeld · German
Schutzgeld · rank #68,655 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,655
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schumachers
Nearest frequency peer: Schumachers (-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 „Schutzgeld“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schultes
Schultes
31,349 corpus weight
- Schulträger
Schulträger
31,348 corpus weight
- Schumachers
Schumachers
31,347 corpus weight
- Schutzgeld
Schutzgeld
31,346 corpus weight
- Schutzsuche…
Schutzsuchenden
31,345 corpus weight
- Schwabenland
Schwabenland
31,344 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schutzgeld“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schutzgeld |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃʊt͡sˌɡɛlt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #68,655 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schutzgeld“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schutzgeld is uncommon German at frequency #68,655 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃʊt͡sˌɡɛlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "regelmäßig zu entrichtender Geldbetrag, den eine kriminelle Organisation unter Androhung oder Anwendung von Gewalt von Geschäftsleuten (Wirte, Ladenbesitzer) erpresst".
Schutzgeld doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Schutzgeld, spelled S-C-H-U-T-Z-G-E-L-D.
Definition
- 1regelmäßig zu entrichtender Geldbetrag, den eine kriminelle Organisation unter Androhung oder Anwendung von Gewalt von Geschäftsleuten (Wirte, Ladenbesitzer) erpresst
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schutzgeld appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Rivalisierende Banden der vietnamesischen Zigarettenmafia kämpfen um die Verkaufsplätze und treiben Schutzgeld ein.“
„Sie verspricht Schutz und Sicherheit und verlangt dafür eine monatliche Entlohnung, das sogenannte Schutzgeld.“
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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