Spielwiese

[ˈʃpiːlˌviːzə]

/[ˈʃpiːlˌviːzə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Spielwiese” is uncommon German (frequency #52,445 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,445
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - freie Grasfläche, auf der gespielt werden kann/darf

Corpus desk

Index DE-spielwiese · Spielwiese · German

Spielwiese · rank #52,445 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,445
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Spielverderber

Nearest frequency peer: Spielverderber (-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 „Spielwiese“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Spielwiese
PropertyValue
HeadwordSpielwiese
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃpiːlˌviːzə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#52,445
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Spielwiese“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Spielwiesefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Spielverderber“ (#52,444), „Spindel“ (#52,446), „Spielbank“ (#52,443). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Spielwiese“ bei #52,445. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Spielwiese is uncommon German at frequency #52,445 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpiːlˌviːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Spielwiese, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Spielwiese, spelled S-P-I-E-L-W-I-E-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    freie Grasfläche, auf der gespielt werden kann/darf
  2. 2
    Thema, Feld häufig ergebnisloser politischer, ideologischer, rhetorischer Auseinandersetzungen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Geht bitte auf die Spielwiese spielen!
  2. „Erstaunlicherweise sind zum Beispiel eingespielte Sportgruppen in Freizeitsituationen am Strand oder auf Spielwiesen manchmal nur unter großen Schwierigkeiten dazu imstande, eine längere Spielphase gemeinsam zu gestalten, ohne daß ein Leiter eingreift.“

This word in other languages

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Spielwiese"?
"Spielwiese" is spelled S-P-I-E-L-W-I-E-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpiːlˌviːzə].
What does "Spielwiese" mean?
As a noun, "Spielwiese" means: freie Grasfläche, auf der gespielt werden kann/darf
How do you pronounce "Spielwiese"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Spielwiese" is [ˈʃpiːlˌviːzə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Spielwiese" come from?
"Spielwiese" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list