skirmish
[ˈskɜːmɪʃ]
The verdict
“skirmish” 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
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - leichtes Gefecht zwischen kleineren (versprengten) Einheiten, das üblicherweise während einer Schlacht beziehungsweise eines Krieges geführt wird; Scharmützel, Geplänkel, Plänkelei
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | skirmish |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈskɜːmɪʃ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “skirmish” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for skirmish is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈskɜːmɪʃ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for skirmish, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is skirmish, spelled S-K-I-R-M-I-S-H.
Definition
- 1leichtes Gefecht zwischen kleineren (versprengten) Einheiten, das üblicherweise während einer Schlacht beziehungsweise eines Krieges geführt wird; Scharmützel, Geplänkel, Plänkelei
- 2lebhafte, vorläufig geführte verbale Auseinandersetzung; Gerangel, Wortgefecht, Wortwechsel
- 3harmlose Debatte oder Streit zwischen opponierenden Parteien; Plänkelei, Querele, (Wort)geplänkel
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 “skirmish”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-K-I-R-M-I-S-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈskɜːmɪʃ] (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.