Staatskapelle

[ˈʃtaːt͡skaˌpɛlə]

/[ˈʃtaːt͡skaˌpɛlə]/ noun

The verdict

“Staatskapelle” is uncommon German (frequency #66,716 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,716
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Musiker in einer großen Musikgruppe, die Musikinstrumente spielen und gemeinsam Musik machen

Corpus desk

Index DE-staatskapelle · Staatskapelle · German

Staatskapelle · rank #66,716 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,716
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Spracherkennu…

Nearest frequency peer: Spracherkennung (-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 „Staatskapelle“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Staatskapelle
PropertyValue
HeadwordStaatskapelle
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃtaːt͡skaˌpɛlə]
Letters13
Frequency rank#66,716
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Staatskapelle“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Spracherkennung“ (#66,715), „Stadtleben“ (#66,717), „Sportreporter“ (#66,714). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Staatskapelle“ bei #66,716. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Staatskapelle is uncommon German at frequency #66,716 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtaːt͡skaˌpɛlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Musiker in einer großen Musikgruppe, die Musikinstrumente spielen und gemeinsam Musik machen".

No misspelling variants are generated for Staatskapelle in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Staatskapelle, spelled S-T-A-A-T-S-K-A-P-E-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Musiker in einer großen Musikgruppe, die Musikinstrumente spielen und gemeinsam Musik machen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Staatskapelle spielt oftmals erhebende Musik auf Festlichkeit, Festakten, Konzerten oder in Verbindung mit anderen Vereinen werden Konzertabende veranstaltet.
  2. „Die Staatskapelle Berlin gehört mit ihrer seit dem 16. Jahrhundert bestehenden Tradition zu den ältesten Orchestern der Welt.“

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 "Staatskapelle"?
"Staatskapelle" is spelled S-T-A-A-T-S-K-A-P-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtaːt͡skaˌpɛlə].
What does "Staatskapelle" mean?
As a noun, "Staatskapelle" means: Musiker in einer großen Musikgruppe, die Musikinstrumente spielen und gemeinsam Musik machen
How do you pronounce "Staatskapelle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Staatskapelle" is [ˈʃtaːt͡skaˌpɛlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Staatskapelle" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list