schwarz-rot
[ʃvaʁt͡sˈʁoːt]
The verdict
“schwarz-rot” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus den Farben schwarz und rot bestehend
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwarz-rot · schwarz-rot · German
schwarz-rot · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | schwarz-rot |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ʃvaʁt͡sˈʁoːt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schwarz-rot“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schwarz-rot is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʃvaʁt͡sˈʁoːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for schwarz-rot 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, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is schwarz-rot, spelled S-C-H-W-A-R-Z---R-O-T.
Definition
- 1aus den Farben schwarz und rot bestehend
- 2eine Koalition aus einer konservativen und einer linken Partei betreffend (in Deutschland: CDU/CSU und SPD)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schwarz-rot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Vereinsfarben [Eintracht Frankfurt] sind Rot-Schwarz-Weiß, das Vereinswappen ist der Frankfurter Adler (in Rot-Weiß), die Spielkleidung ist traditionell schwarz-rot oder schwarz-weiß.“
„Die Experten kritisierten zentrale schwarz-rote Projekte wie einen gesetzlichen Mindestlohn, die Mietpreisbremse und den drohenden Griff in die Rentenkassen.“
Antonyms
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.