Speerfisch
[ˈʃpeːɐ̯ˌfɪʃ]
The verdict
“Speerfisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Raubfisch in der Hochsee
Corpus desk
Index DE-speerfisch · Speerfisch · German
Speerfisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- 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 | Speerfisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpeːɐ̯ˌfɪʃ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Speerfisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Speerfisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpeːɐ̯ˌfɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Raubfisch in der Hochsee".
Speerfisch doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Speerfisch, spelled S-P-E-E-R-F-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1Raubfisch in der Hochsee
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Speerfisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Meer rund um Mauritius wird bereits wenige Kilometer hinter dem Korallenriff sehr tief und ist dadurch ein ideales Revier für Hochseeangler. Am häufigsten wird der Blaue Marlin (Speerfisch) gejagt, der hier nicht selten über 500 kg wiegt.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.