schwarze Liste

[ˌʃvaʁt͡sə ˈlɪstə]

/[ˌʃvaʁt͡sə ˈlɪstə]/ phrase

The verdict

“schwarze Liste” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Liste von Personen oder Dingen, die benachteiligt werden sollen

Corpus desk

Index DE-schwarze-liste · schwarze Liste · German

schwarze Liste · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for schwarze Liste
PropertyValue
Headwordschwarze Liste
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˌʃvaʁt͡sə ˈlɪstə]
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schwarze Liste“ im Deutschen

schwarze Listeliegt außerhalb der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Wörter, im Langschwanz technischer, archaischer oder seltener Formen, genau dort, wo Schreibzweifeln zuschlagen.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schwarze Liste is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˌʃvaʁt͡sə ˈlɪstə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Liste von Personen oder Dingen, die benachteiligt werden sollen".

No generated misspelling entries exist for schwarze Liste in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is schwarze Liste, spelled S-C-H-W-A-R-Z-E- -L-I-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Liste von Personen oder Dingen, die benachteiligt werden sollen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how schwarze Liste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Harel hatte 1948 den bescheidenen Rang eines Oberst inne, war aber dennoch der höchste Offizier, dem sämtliche Operationen unterstanden, die mit Verhören, schwarzen Listen und den übrigen Schikanen des palästinensischen Lebens unter israelischer Besatzung zu tun hatten.“
  2. „Großer Gott, dachte Anna, sie haben mich erwischt. Ich stehe auf der schwarzen Liste.“

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schwarze Liste"?
"schwarze Liste" is spelled S-C-H-W-A-R-Z-E- -L-I-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌʃvaʁt͡sə ˈlɪstə].
What does "schwarze Liste" mean?
As a phrase, "schwarze Liste" means: Liste von Personen oder Dingen, die benachteiligt werden sollen
How do you pronounce "schwarze Liste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schwarze Liste" is [ˌʃvaʁt͡sə ˈlɪstə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schwarze Liste" come from?
"schwarze Liste" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list