Sperrstunde
[ˈʃpɛʁˌʃtʊndə]
The verdict
“Sperrstunde” is uncommon German (frequency #83,320 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,320
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - amtlich festgesetzter Zeitpunkt, an dem Gaststättenbetriebe spätestens schließen müssen
Corpus desk
Index DE-sperrstunde · Sperrstunde · German
Sperrstunde · rank #83,320 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,320
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH spielerisches
Nearest frequency peer: spielerisches (+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 „Sperrstunde“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Sparpaket
Sparpaket
16,683 corpus weight
- Sperrstunde
Sperrstunde
16,681 corpus weight
- spielerisch…
spielerisches
16,680 corpus weight
- Spielfluss
Spielfluss
16,679 corpus weight
- Spitzhacke
Spitzhacke
16,677 corpus weight
- Sportgelände
Sportgelände
16,676 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sperrstunde“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sperrstunde |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpɛʁˌʃtʊndə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #83,320 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sperrstunde“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sperrstunde is uncommon German at frequency #83,320 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpɛʁˌʃtʊndə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Sperrstunde in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Sperrstunde, spelled S-P-E-R-R-S-T-U-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1amtlich festgesetzter Zeitpunkt, an dem Gaststättenbetriebe spätestens schließen müssen
- 2Zeit einer Ausgangssperre
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sperrstunde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wenn ich in ein Nachtcafé kam, wo die Gelegenheit zu hören eine günstige war, blieb ich lang, bis zur Sperrstunde um vier Uhr früh und gab mich dem Wechsel der eintretenden, fortgehenden, wiederkehrenden Figuren hin.“
„Romy Haag führte eine schicke Transsexuellenkultur provokativ vor, und auch Werner Schroeters Filme gehören in diese Reihe, sodass das Milieu um den Savigny-Platz, in dessen Nähe auch die Paris-Bar war, und insgesamt West-Berlin durch die Abschaffung der Sperrstunde ohnehin den Eindruck vermittelte, die offenste Stadt der Welt zu sein.“
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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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).