Seeräuberei
[zeːʁɔɪ̯bəˈʁaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Seeräuberei” 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) - das Tätigsein als Seeräuber
Corpus desk
Index DE-seerauberei · Seeräuberei · German
Seeräuberei · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | Seeräuberei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zeːʁɔɪ̯bəˈʁaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Seeräuberei“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Seeräuberei is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [zeːʁɔɪ̯bəˈʁaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Seeräuberei, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Seeräuberei, spelled S-E-E-R-Ä-U-B-E-R-E-I.
Definition
- 1das Tätigsein als Seeräuber
- 2einzelne Handlung, sich fremdes Eigentum (ein Schiff und/oder dessen Fracht) auf See (gewaltsam) anzueignen
- 3Gesamtheit dessen, was mit [1] beziehungsweise [2] in Verbindung steht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Seeräuberei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wegen jahrelanger Seeräuberei hatte man ihn zu wenigstens einhundert Peitschenhieben verurteilt.
Viele Seeräubereien bleiben auch heute noch ungesühnt.
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.