Schwarzerde
[ˈʃvaʁt͡sˌʔeːɐ̯də]
The verdict
“Schwarzerde” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - nahezu schwarzer, sehr fruchtbarer Bodentyp, der reich an Humus ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwarzerde · Schwarzerde · German
Schwarzerde · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | Schwarzerde |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃvaʁt͡sˌʔeːɐ̯də] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schwarzerde“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schwarzerde is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃvaʁt͡sˌʔeːɐ̯də]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nahezu schwarzer, sehr fruchtbarer Bodentyp, der reich an Humus ist".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Schwarzerde, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Schwarzerde, spelled S-C-H-W-A-R-Z-E-R-D-E.
Definition
- 1nahezu schwarzer, sehr fruchtbarer Bodentyp, der reich an Humus ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schwarzerde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das schwarze Gold der Ukraine ist nicht flüssig. Es ist feucht, sattdunkel und schwer: Schwarzerde. Das zweitgrößte Land Europas ist gesegnet mit diesen vom Humus dunkel gefärbten Böden. Sie machen die Ukraine zum fruchtbarsten Agrarland der Erde und zur Kornkammer Europas.“
Synonyms
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.