Skalde
[ˈskaldə]
The verdict
“Skalde” 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) - reisender Dichter im mittelalterlichen Island und Norwegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-skalde · Skalde · German
Skalde · 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 | Skalde |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈskaldə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Skalde“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Skalde is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈskaldə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "reisender Dichter im mittelalterlichen Island und Norwegen".
No misspelling variants are generated for Skalde in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Skalde, spelled S-K-A-L-D-E.
Definition
- 1reisender Dichter im mittelalterlichen Island und Norwegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Skalde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bereits in den Jahren der Landnahme ziehen Skalden über die Vulkaninsel: reisende Dichter, die von Hof zu Hof ziehen, um gegen Lohn Preislieder zu verfassen.“
„Denn der Wert des Preisliedes wird nicht durch die Wärme und Aufrichtigkeit der vom Dichter darin ausgesprochenen Gefühle bestimmt - war der Skalde doch ein fahrender Sänger, der von Hof zu Hof zog - sondern nur durch die genaue Befolgung der für diese Gattung gültigen Regeln.“
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.