Sportabzeichen

Name: Sportabzeichen, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[ˈʃpɔʁtʔapˌt͡saɪ̯çn̩]

/[ˈʃpɔʁtʔapˌt͡saɪ̯çn̩]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“Sportabzeichen” is uncommon German (frequency #65,707 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,707
frequency rank, German: 107,600
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - für bestimmte sportliche Leistungen verliehenes Ehrenzeichen von Organisationen und Sportverbänden

Key facts for Sportabzeichen
Property	Value
Headword	Sportabzeichen
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈʃpɔʁtʔapˌt͡saɪ̯çn̩]
Letters	14
Frequency rank	#65,707
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Sportabzeichen” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Sportabzeichen lands here:

#65,707

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sportabzeichen is uncommon German at frequency #65,707 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpɔʁtʔapˌt͡saɪ̯çn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "für bestimmte sportliche Leistungen verliehenes Ehrenzeichen von Organisationen und Sportverbänden".

No misspelling variants are generated for Sportabzeichen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Sportabzeichen, spelled S-P-O-R-T-A-B-Z-E-I-C-H-E-N.

Definition

1
für bestimmte sportliche Leistungen verliehenes Ehrenzeichen von Organisationen und Sportverbänden

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 "Sportabzeichen"?

"Sportabzeichen" is spelled S-P-O-R-T-A-B-Z-E-I-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpɔʁtʔapˌt͡saɪ̯çn̩].

What does "Sportabzeichen" mean?

As a noun, "Sportabzeichen" means: für bestimmte sportliche Leistungen verliehenes Ehrenzeichen von Organisationen und Sportverbänden

How do you pronounce "Sportabzeichen"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sportabzeichen" is [ˈʃpɔʁtʔapˌt͡saɪ̯çn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Sportabzeichen" come from?

"Sportabzeichen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Using “Sportabzeichen”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct German spelling is S-P-O-R-T-A-B-Z-E-I-C-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.