Spottwort
[ˈʃpɔtˌvɔʁt]
The verdict
“Spottwort” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wort, mit dem die angesprochene Sache oder Person mit Spott bedacht wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-spottwort · Spottwort · German
Spottwort · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Spottwort |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpɔtˌvɔʁt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Spottwort“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Spottwort is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpɔtˌvɔʁt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wort, mit dem die angesprochene Sache oder Person mit Spott bedacht wird".
No misspelling variants are generated for Spottwort in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Spottwort, spelled S-P-O-T-T-W-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Wort, mit dem die angesprochene Sache oder Person mit Spott bedacht wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Spottwort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dichteritis, dieses volksetymologische Spottwort, das mit Anklang an Diphtheritis das Dichten kleinerer Geister als eine Art Krankheit kennzeichnet…“
Ein in der politischen Auseinandersetzung bekannt gewordenes Spottwort ist der Ausdruck „Nordlichter“, den Franz Josef Strauß gegenüber norddeutschen Politikern der Union verwendet hat.
This word in other languages
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.