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 May 6, 2026) - Liste von Personen oder Dingen, die benachteiligt werden sollen

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

Where “schwarze Liste” sits in German frequency

schwarze Liste falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

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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Using “schwarze Liste”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-W-A-R-Z-E- -L-I-S-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˌʃvaʁt͡sə ˈlɪstə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list