Staatsbankrott

[ˈʃtaːt͡sbaŋˌkʁɔt]

/[ˈʃtaːt͡sbaŋˌkʁɔt]/ noun

The verdict

“Staatsbankrott” is uncommon German (frequency #67,730 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,730
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unfähigkeit eines Staates, seinen Zahlungsverpflichtungen nachzukommen

Corpus desk

Index DE-staatsbankrott · Staatsbankrott · German

Staatsbankrott · rank #67,730 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,730
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Staatsunterne…

Nearest frequency peer: Staatsunternehmen (+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 „Staatsbankrott“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Staatsbankrott
PropertyValue
HeadwordStaatsbankrott
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃtaːt͡sbaŋˌkʁɔt]
Letters14
Frequency rank#67,730
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Staatsbankrott“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Staatsbankrottfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Staatsunternehmen“ (#67,731), „Stahlkonstruktion“ (#67,732), „SRS“ (#67,727). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Staatsbankrott“ bei #67,730. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Staatsbankrott is uncommon German at frequency #67,730 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtaːt͡sbaŋˌkʁɔt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unfähigkeit eines Staates, seinen Zahlungsverpflichtungen nachzukommen".

Staatsbankrott has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Staatsbankrott, spelled S-T-A-A-T-S-B-A-N-K-R-O-T-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unfähigkeit eines Staates, seinen Zahlungsverpflichtungen nachzukommen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Ein Staatsbankrott ist nicht bloß eine theoretische Vorstellung: Argentinien erlebte ihn 2001, Russland drei Jahre zuvor.“
  2. „Der Ausblick auf einen Staatsbankrott Amerikas hatte damals weltweit für die Befürchtung gesorgt, dass dies eine neue große Wirtschaftskrise auslösen könnte.“

Synonyms

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 "Staatsbankrott"?
"Staatsbankrott" is spelled S-T-A-A-T-S-B-A-N-K-R-O-T-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtaːt͡sbaŋˌkʁɔt].
What does "Staatsbankrott" mean?
As a noun, "Staatsbankrott" means: Unfähigkeit eines Staates, seinen Zahlungsverpflichtungen nachzukommen
How do you pronounce "Staatsbankrott"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Staatsbankrott" is [ˈʃtaːt͡sbaŋˌkʁɔt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Staatsbankrott" come from?
"Staatsbankrott" 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 "Staatsbankrott", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list