Shutdown

/[ˈʃatdaʊ̯n]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#71,842

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Shutdown is aGermannoun. It means: Herunterfahren eines Rechners, sodass dieser in einen Ruhezustand versetzt wird Pronounced [ˈʃatdaʊ̯n].

Key facts for Shutdown
PropertyValue
HeadwordShutdown
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃatdaʊ̯n]
Letters8
Frequency rank#71,842
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Shutdown in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Shutdown is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃatdaʊ̯n]. Corpus data places it at rank #71,842 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Shutdown in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Shutdown, spelled S-H-U-T-D-O-W-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Herunterfahren eines Rechners, sodass dieser in einen Ruhezustand versetzt wird
  2. 2
    Situation, in der weite Teile der Behörden eines Landes infolge nicht bewilligter Haushaltsmittel lahmgelegt sind; gelegentlich in den USA vorkommend, dort blockieren sich dann der US-Senat, das Repräsentantenhaus und der Präsident gegenseitig
  3. 3
    Form des Unterbindens von Kontakten zwischen Menschen, um ein Ansteckungsrisiko zu minimieren, zum Beispiel indem Bezirke abgeriegelt werden oder Ausgangssperren verhängt werden, das öffentliche Leben komplett runtergefahren wird

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Frequency rank: #71,842 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Shutdown"?
"Shutdown" is spelled S-H-U-T-D-O-W-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃatdaʊ̯n].
What does "Shutdown" mean?
As a noun, "Shutdown" means: Herunterfahren eines Rechners, sodass dieser in einen Ruhezustand versetzt wird
How do you pronounce "Shutdown"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Shutdown" is [ˈʃatdaʊ̯n]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Shutdown" come from?
"Shutdown" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.