Schwärzung
[ˈʃvɛʁt͡sʊŋ]
The verdict
“Schwärzung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nachträgliche Unkenntlichmachung von Text durch überdecken mit schwarzer Tinte
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwarzung · Schwärzung · German
Schwärzung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Schwärzung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃvɛʁt͡sʊŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schwärzung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schwärzung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃvɛʁt͡sʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Schwärzung in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Schwärzung, spelled S-C-H-W-Ä-R-Z-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1nachträgliche Unkenntlichmachung von Text durch überdecken mit schwarzer Tinte
- 2Schwarz- oder Graufärbung lichtempfindlichen Materials durch Belichtung und Entwicklung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schwärzung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Durch Schwärzung wird verhindert, dass Informationen an die Öffentlichkeit gelangen.
Zum Schutze von Persönlichkeitsrechten, kann eine Schwärzung von Passagen in Zeitungen oder Büchern durch Gerichtsbeschlüsse erwirkt werden.
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.