Schutzhaft
[ˈʃʊt͡sˌhaft]
The verdict
“Schutzhaft” is uncommon German (frequency #51,667 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,667
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Haft, die dem Schutz einer gefährdeten Person gilt
Corpus desk
Index DE-schutzhaft · Schutzhaft · German
Schutzhaft · rank #51,667 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,667
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schumanns
Nearest frequency peer: Schumanns (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Schutzhaft”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Schulsport
Schulsport
48,337 corpus weight
- Schumanns
Schumanns
48,335 corpus weight
- Schutzhaft
Schutzhaft
48,334 corpus weight
- schwärmte
schwärmte
48,333 corpus weight
- sedan
sedan
48,331 corpus weight
- Seebrücke
Seebrücke
48,330 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Schutzhaft” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schutzhaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃʊt͡sˌhaft] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #51,667 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Schutzhaft” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Schutzhaft is uncommon German at frequency #51,667 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃʊt͡sˌhaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Haft, die dem Schutz einer gefährdeten Person gilt".
Schutzhaft has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Schutzhaft, spelled S-C-H-U-T-Z-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1eine Haft, die dem Schutz einer gefährdeten Person gilt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schutzhaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Mittel der Schutzhaft ist in der neueren politischen Justiz vielfach missbraucht worden.
„Seine Schwiegermutter erreichte, daß er von den sardinischen Behörden in Schutzhaft genommen und auf das Fort Miolans gebracht wurde.“
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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