Showgeschäft

[ˈʃɔʊ̯ɡəˌʃɛft]

/[ˈʃɔʊ̯ɡəˌʃɛft]/ noun

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The verdict

“Showgeschäft” is uncommon German (frequency #90,901 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,901
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wirtschaftszweig, der sich mit öffentlichen, das Publikum unterhaltenden, Darbietungen befasst

Corpus desk

Index DE-showgeschaft · Showgeschäft · German

Showgeschäft · rank #90,901 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,901
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH shares

Nearest frequency peer: shares (-2 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Showgeschäft“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Showgeschäft“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Showgeschäft
PropertyValue
HeadwordShowgeschäft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃɔʊ̯ɡəˌʃɛft]
Letters12
Frequency rank#90,901
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Showgeschäft“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Showgeschäftfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „shares“ (#90,899), „skypen“ (#90,905), „Slideshow“ (#90,906). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Showgeschäft“ bei #90,901. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Showgeschäft is uncommon German at frequency #90,901 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃɔʊ̯ɡəˌʃɛft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wirtschaftszweig, der sich mit öffentlichen, das Publikum unterhaltenden, Darbietungen befasst".

Showgeschäft doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Showgeschäft, spelled S-H-O-W-G-E-S-C-H-Ä-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Wirtschaftszweig, der sich mit öffentlichen, das Publikum unterhaltenden, Darbietungen befasst

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Showgeschäft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sie ist als Musikerin seit mehr als 20 Jahren im Showgeschäft und weiß, was das Publikum verlangt.
  2. „Nach insgesamt drei Jahren der Selbstkasteiung versuchte ich mein Glück im Showgeschäft.“

Synonyms

SchaugeschäftShowbusinessUnterhaltungsindustrie

This word in other languages

spectacle(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Showgeschäft"?
"Showgeschäft" is spelled S-H-O-W-G-E-S-C-H-Ä-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃɔʊ̯ɡəˌʃɛft].
What does "Showgeschäft" mean?
As a noun, "Showgeschäft" means: Wirtschaftszweig, der sich mit öffentlichen, das Publikum unterhaltenden, Darbietungen befasst
How do you pronounce "Showgeschäft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Showgeschäft" is [ˈʃɔʊ̯ɡəˌʃɛft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Showgeschäft" come from?
"Showgeschäft" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Showgeschäft", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Speisezimmer#90,915sporadischen#90,922Sprechanlage#90,926sprunghaften#90,929

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list