Schwarzseher
[ˈʃvaʁt͡sˌzeːɐ]
The verdict
“Schwarzseher” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der alles - besonders Zukünftiges - pessimistisch betrachtet
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwarzseher · Schwarzseher · German
Schwarzseher · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | Schwarzseher |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃvaʁt͡sˌzeːɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schwarzseher“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schwarzseher is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃvaʁt͡sˌzeːɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Schwarzseher, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schwarzseher, spelled S-C-H-W-A-R-Z-S-E-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der alles - besonders Zukünftiges - pessimistisch betrachtet
- 2jemand, der illegal fernsieht (also ohne Gebühren zu bezahlen)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schwarzseher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Du bist aber auch ein Schwarzseher!
„Er hätte auch Captain Hunter von der Sirius schicken können, doch dem traute er ebenfalls nicht, weil Hunter wie Ross ein typischer schottischer Schwarzseher war.“
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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.