Shōgun
[ˈʃoːɡun]
The verdict
“Shōgun” 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) - japanischer Militärtitel
Corpus desk
Index DE-shogun · Shōgun · German
Shōgun · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | Shōgun |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃoːɡun] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Shōgun“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Shōgun is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃoːɡun]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "japanischer Militärtitel".
No misspelling variants are generated for Shōgun in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Shōgun, spelled S-H-Ō-G-U-N.
Definition
- 1japanischer Militärtitel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Shōgun appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn sie zu ihren fernen Lehnsgebieten reisten, hielt der Shōgun ihre Ehefrauen und Familien in Edo als Geiseln.
Nach diesem Verstäntnis war auch der Shōgun lediglich vom Tennō eingesetzt und konnte von diesem jederzeit abgesetzt werden.
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.