Skiff
[skɪf]
The verdict
“Skiff” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ruderboot für eine Person
Corpus desk
Index DE-skiff · Skiff · German
Skiff · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | Skiff |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [skɪf] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Skiff“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Skiff is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [skɪf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ruderboot für eine Person".
Skiff has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Skiff, spelled S-K-I-F-F.
Definition
- 1Ruderboot für eine Person
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Skiff appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Petra fuhr in einem Skiff über den See.
Synonyms
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.