Skarabäus
[skaʁaˈbɛːʊs]
The verdict
“Skarabäus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich vom Kot pflanzenfressender Säugetiere ernährender Käfer, der nach der Paarung eine Kugel aus Dung formt, diese fortrollt und anschließend vergräbt
Corpus desk
Index DE-skarabaus · Skarabäus · German
Skarabäus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Skarabäus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [skaʁaˈbɛːʊs] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Skarabäus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Skarabäus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [skaʁaˈbɛːʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Skarabäus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Alten Ägypten galt der Skarabäus als sich im Nilschlamm fortpflanzungslos vermehrender Käfer und war Symbol der Schöpferkraft.
Er kaufte sich in Ägypten einen Skarabäus als Andenken.
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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.