Skinhead
[ˈskɪnhɛt]
The verdict
“Skinhead” is an uncommon German word, ranked #68,679 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #68,679
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Person der Skinheadbewegung, oftmals erkennbar an der ziemlich kurzen oder ganz entfernten Kopfbehaarung, schweren Stiefeln, Hosenträger, hochgekrempelter Jeans, Bomber-, Harrington- oder Donkeyjacke
| 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) |
Where “Skinhead” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Skinhead is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈskɪnhɛt]. Corpus data places it at rank #68,679 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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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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Using “Skinhead”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-K-I-N-H-E-A-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈskɪnhɛt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.