Spielprinzip

[ˈʃpiːlpʁɪnˌt͡siːp]

/[ˈʃpiːlpʁɪnˌt͡siːp]/ noun

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The verdict

“Spielprinzip” is uncommon German (frequency #60,091 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,091
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einer Tätigkeit zum Zeitvertreib zugrundeliegende Idee

Corpus desk

Index DE-spielprinzip · Spielprinzip · German

Spielprinzip · rank #60,091 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,091
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH spezifizieren

Nearest frequency peer: spezifizieren (-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 „Spielprinzip“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Spielprinzip
PropertyValue
HeadwordSpielprinzip
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃpiːlpʁɪnˌt͡siːp]
Letters12
Frequency rank#60,091
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Spielprinzip“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „spezifizieren“ (#60,090), „Spielzüge“ (#60,092), „Spionen“ (#60,093). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Spielprinzip“ bei #60,091. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Spielprinzip is uncommon German at frequency #60,091 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpiːlpʁɪnˌt͡siːp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einer Tätigkeit zum Zeitvertreib zugrundeliegende Idee".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Spielprinzip, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Spielprinzip, spelled S-P-I-E-L-P-R-I-N-Z-I-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    einer Tätigkeit zum Zeitvertreib zugrundeliegende Idee

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Das Spielprinzip war gänzlich einfach und auch von Greisen noch erlernbar.

Synonyms

SpielgedankeSpielidee

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 "Spielprinzip"?
"Spielprinzip" is spelled S-P-I-E-L-P-R-I-N-Z-I-P. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpiːlpʁɪnˌt͡siːp].
What does "Spielprinzip" mean?
As a noun, "Spielprinzip" means: einer Tätigkeit zum Zeitvertreib zugrundeliegende Idee
How do you pronounce "Spielprinzip"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Spielprinzip" is [ˈʃpiːlpʁɪnˌt͡siːp]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Spielprinzip" come from?
"Spielprinzip" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Steuerflucht#60,106Schuldspruch#60,052Schrödingers#60,049schreibenden#60,048

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list