Sportabzeichen

[ˈʃpɔʁtʔapˌt͡saɪ̯çn̩]

/[ˈʃpɔʁtʔapˌt͡saɪ̯çn̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Sportabzeichen” is uncommon German (frequency #65,707 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,707
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - für bestimmte sportliche Leistungen verliehenes Ehrenzeichen von Organisationen und Sportverbänden

Corpus desk

Index DE-sportabzeichen · Sportabzeichen · German

Sportabzeichen · rank #65,707 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,707
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sprachentwick…

Nearest frequency peer: Sprachentwicklung (+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 „Sportabzeichen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sportabzeichen
PropertyValue
HeadwordSportabzeichen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃpɔʁtʔapˌt͡saɪ̯çn̩]
Letters14
Frequency rank#65,707
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Sportabzeichen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sprachentwicklung“ (#65,708), „spirituelles“ (#65,705), „spukt“ (#65,709). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sportabzeichen“ bei #65,707. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sportabzeichen is uncommon German at frequency #65,707 among 8,027 “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. 1
    für bestimmte sportliche Leistungen verliehenes Ehrenzeichen von Organisationen und Sportverbänden

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Voraussetzung waren der Nachweis der für diesen Titel in der Sportklassifizierung festgelegten Leistung oder hervorragende internationale Erfolge, Besitz des Sportabzeichens der DDR in Silber und aktive Teilnahme am gesellschaftlichen Leben der DDR.“

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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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Stadtschreiber#65,710Strafzahlungen#65,729strukturierter#65,734sechsstelligen#65,673

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list