schwarzes Schaf
[ˌʃvaʁt͡səs ˈʃaːf]
The verdict
“schwarzes Schaf” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemand, der sich von den anderen Mitgliedern einer Gemeinschaft (besonders einer Familie) negativ unterscheidet
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schwarzes Schaf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˌʃvaʁt͡səs ˈʃaːf] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “schwarzes Schaf” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
schwarzes Schaf is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˌʃvaʁt͡səs ˈʃaːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der sich von den anderen Mitgliedern einer Gemeinschaft (besonders einer Familie) negativ unterscheidet".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for schwarzes Schaf, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 schwarzes Schaf, spelled S-C-H-W-A-R-Z-E-S- -S-C-H-A-F.
Definition
- 1jemand, der sich von den anderen Mitgliedern einer Gemeinschaft (besonders einer Familie) negativ unterscheidet
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.
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Using “schwarzes Schaf”
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-S- -S-C-H-A-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.