Sklavenarbeit

[ˈsklaːvn̩ˌʔaʁbaɪ̯t]

/[ˈsklaːvn̩ˌʔaʁbaɪ̯t]/ noun

The verdict

“Sklavenarbeit” is uncommon German (frequency #74,011 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,011
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arbeit eines Sklaven

Corpus desk

Index DE-sklavenarbeit · Sklavenarbeit · German

Sklavenarbeit · rank #74,011 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,011
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH skies

Nearest frequency peer: skies (-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 „Sklavenarbeit“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sklavenarbeit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sklavenarbeit
PropertyValue
HeadwordSklavenarbeit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsklaːvn̩ˌʔaʁbaɪ̯t]
Letters13
Frequency rank#74,011
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Sklavenarbeit“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Sklavenarbeitfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „skies“ (#74,010), „skating“ (#74,009), „Slick“ (#74,013). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sklavenarbeit“ bei #74,011. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sklavenarbeit is uncommon German at frequency #74,011 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsklaːvn̩ˌʔaʁbaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Sklavenarbeit doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Sklavenarbeit, spelled S-K-L-A-V-E-N-A-R-B-E-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arbeit eines Sklaven
  2. 2
    als besonders anstrengend/unangenehm empfundene Arbeit

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Sklavenarbeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Fast alle Besucher prangerten die Doppelmoral der Amerikaner an, die stolz ihre Gleichheitsprinzipien präsentierten, deren Ökonomie in den Südstaaten aber zum größten Teil auf Sklavenarbeit basierte.“
  2. „Nur dank der Sklavenarbeit konnten die Europäer ihre Kolonien zu lukrativen Rohstofflieferanten entwickeln – etwa die Zuckerinsel Jamaika, im 18. Jahrhundert die reichste Kolonie des britischen Empire.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sklavenarbeit"?
"Sklavenarbeit" is spelled S-K-L-A-V-E-N-A-R-B-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsklaːvn̩ˌʔaʁbaɪ̯t].
What does "Sklavenarbeit" mean?
As a noun, "Sklavenarbeit" means: Arbeit eines Sklaven
How do you pronounce "Sklavenarbeit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sklavenarbeit" is [ˈsklaːvn̩ˌʔaʁbaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sklavenarbeit" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sklavenarbeit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list