Skarabäus
[skaʁaˈbɛːʊs]
The verdict
“Skarabäus” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sich vom Kot pflanzenfressender Säugetiere ernährender Käfer, der nach der Paarung eine Kugel aus Dung formt, diese fortrollt und anschließend vergräbt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Skarabäus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [skaʁaˈbɛːʊs] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Skarabäus” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Skarabäus is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [skaʁaˈbɛːʊs]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Skarabäus has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Skarabäus, spelled S-K-A-R-A-B-Ä-U-S.
Definition
- 1sich vom Kot pflanzenfressender Säugetiere ernährender Käfer, der nach der Paarung eine Kugel aus Dung formt, diese fortrollt und anschließend vergräbt
- 2aus einem bestimmten Material hergestellte Nachbildung des Käfers [1] als Sinnbild zur Verehrung des Sonnengottes Re im alten Ägypten
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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.
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Using “Skarabäus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-K-A-R-A-B-Ä-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [skaʁaˈbɛːʊs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.