Shinto
[ˈʃɪnto]
The verdict
“Shinto” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ausschließlich in Japan praktizierte, naturverbundene Glaubensrichtung
Corpus desk
Index DE-shinto · Shinto · German
Shinto · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | Shinto |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃɪnto] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Shinto“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Shinto is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃɪnto]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ausschließlich in Japan praktizierte, naturverbundene Glaubensrichtung".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Shinto, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Shinto, spelled S-H-I-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1ausschließlich in Japan praktizierte, naturverbundene Glaubensrichtung
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Shinto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Shinto gibt es nur in Japan.
Synonyms
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.