Schutztruppe
[ˈʃʊt͡sˌtʁʊpə]
The verdict
“Schutztruppe” is uncommon German (frequency #65,662 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,662
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Truppe in einer Kolonie
Corpus desk
Index DE-schutztruppe · Schutztruppe · German
Schutztruppe · rank #65,662 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,662
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schutzzone
Nearest frequency peer: Schutzzone (+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 „Schutztruppe“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schockstarre
Schockstarre
34,343 corpus weight
- Schreibtisc…
Schreibtische
34,341 corpus weight
- Schutztruppe
Schutztruppe
34,339 corpus weight
- Schutzzone
Schutzzone
34,338 corpus weight
- Schwankung
Schwankung
34,337 corpus weight
- Schweinesta…
Schweinestall
34,335 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schutztruppe“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schutztruppe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃʊt͡sˌtʁʊpə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #65,662 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schutztruppe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schutztruppe is uncommon German at frequency #65,662 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃʊt͡sˌtʁʊpə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Schutztruppe in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Schutztruppe, spelled S-C-H-U-T-Z-T-R-U-P-P-E.
Definition
- 1Truppe in einer Kolonie
- 2Truppe im Auftrag einer übergeordneten Organisation zur Erhöhung der Sicherheit in Konfliktgebieten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schutztruppe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Aus Wissmanns Miliz wurde die Kaiserliche Schutztruppe.“
„Nach der Rückkehr von der Kamerun-Expedition wurde er zwischen 1891 und 1893 in der Kolonialabteilung des Auswärtigen Amtes eingesetzt, wo er an dem Projekt einer Schutztruppe für Kamerun arbeitete.“
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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