Skinhead
[ˈskɪnhɛt]
The verdict
“Skinhead” is uncommon German (frequency #68,679 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,679
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person der Skinheadbewegung, oftmals erkennbar an der ziemlich kurzen oder ganz entfernten Kopfbehaarung, schweren Stiefeln, Hosenträger, hochgekrempelter Jeans, Bomber-, Harrington- oder Donkeyjacke
Corpus desk
Index DE-skinhead · Skinhead · German
Skinhead · rank #68,679 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,679
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Skizzenbuch
Nearest frequency peer: Skizzenbuch (+1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Skinhead“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- simulierte
simulierte
31,325 corpus weight
- Skinhead
Skinhead
31,322 corpus weight
- Skizzenbuch
Skizzenbuch
31,321 corpus weight
- Sobernheim
Sobernheim
31,320 corpus weight
- softball
softball
31,319 corpus weight
- Sonderdruck
Sonderdruck
31,318 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Skinhead“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Skinhead |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈskɪnhɛt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,679 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Skinhead“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Skinhead is uncommon German at frequency #68,679 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈskɪnhɛt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person der Skinheadbewegung, oftmals erkennbar an der ziemlich kurzen oder ganz entfernten Kopfbehaarung, schweren Stiefeln, Hosenträger, hochgekrempelter Jeans, Bomber-, Harrington- oder Donkeyjacke".
Skinhead has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Skinhead, spelled S-K-I-N-H-E-A-D.
Definition
- 1Person der Skinheadbewegung, oftmals erkennbar an der ziemlich kurzen oder ganz entfernten Kopfbehaarung, schweren Stiefeln, Hosenträger, hochgekrempelter Jeans, Bomber-, Harrington- oder Donkeyjacke
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Skinhead appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Skinheads sind nicht darüber erfreut, dass sie mit den rechtsgerichteten Skinheads (Boneheads) über einen Kamm geschoren werden.
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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