Spielunterbrechung
[ˈʃpiːlʔʊntɐˌbʁɛçʊŋ]
The verdict
“Spielunterbrechung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine temporäre Unterbrechung eines Mannschaftsspiels aufgrund außerordentlicher Vorkommnisse (schwere Fouls, Verletzungen, Zuschauer, die regelwidrig das Spielfeld betreten etc.)
Corpus desk
Index DE-spielunterbrechung · Spielunterbrechung · German
Spielunterbrechung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | Spielunterbrechung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpiːlʔʊntɐˌbʁɛçʊŋ] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Spielunterbrechung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Spielunterbrechung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpiːlʔʊntɐˌbʁɛçʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine temporäre Unterbrechung eines Mannschaftsspiels aufgrund außerordentlicher Vorkommnisse (schwere Fouls, Verletzungen, Zuschauer, die regelwidrig das Spielfeld betreten etc.)".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Spielunterbrechung, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Spielunterbrechung, spelled S-P-I-E-L-U-N-T-E-R-B-R-E-C-H-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1eine temporäre Unterbrechung eines Mannschaftsspiels aufgrund außerordentlicher Vorkommnisse (schwere Fouls, Verletzungen, Zuschauer, die regelwidrig das Spielfeld betreten etc.)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Spielunterbrechung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ruhig und beharrlich hielten sie trotz der offensiven und auf Spielunterbrechung angelegten Defensive der Tunesier ihre Linie bei.
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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.