schutzimpfen
[ˈʃʊt͡sˌʔɪmp͡fn̩]
The verdict
“schutzimpfen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Impfung vornehmen, die vor gefährlichen Krankheiten schützt; ein Immunserum verabreichen
Corpus desk
Index DE-schutzimpfen · schutzimpfen · German
schutzimpfen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schutzimpfen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃʊt͡sˌʔɪmp͡fn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schutzimpfen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schutzimpfen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃʊt͡sˌʔɪmp͡fn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Impfung vornehmen, die vor gefährlichen Krankheiten schützt; ein Immunserum verabreichen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for schutzimpfen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is schutzimpfen, spelled S-C-H-U-T-Z-I-M-P-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Impfung vornehmen, die vor gefährlichen Krankheiten schützt; ein Immunserum verabreichen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schutzimpfen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1973 erschienen an einem Tag erneut zwei kurze Artikel darüber, dass das Deutsche Grüne Kreuz abermals „an alle Eltern appelliert, ihre Kinder rechtzeitig gegen diese Krankheit schutzimpfen zu lassen“.
Lokal müssten Verteilzentren eingerichtet werden, und flächendeckend im Land Bremen Anlaufstellen geschaffen werden, in denen sich die Personen schutzimpfen lassen würden.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.