Sweatshirt

/[ˈsvɛtˌʃœːɐ̯t]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#51,729

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Sweatshirt is aGermannoun. It means: leger und bequem geschnittener Pullover Pronounced [ˈsvɛtˌʃœːɐ̯t].

Key facts for Sweatshirt
PropertyValue
HeadwordSweatshirt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsvɛtˌʃœːɐ̯t]
Letters10
Frequency rank#51,729
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Sweatshirt in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Sweatshirt is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsvɛtˌʃœːɐ̯t]. Corpus data places it at rank #51,729 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "leger und bequem geschnittener Pullover".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Sweatshirt in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Sweatshirt, spelled S-W-E-A-T-S-H-I-R-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    leger und bequem geschnittener Pullover

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #51,729 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sweatshirt"?
"Sweatshirt" is spelled S-W-E-A-T-S-H-I-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsvɛtˌʃœːɐ̯t].
What does "Sweatshirt" mean?
As a noun, "Sweatshirt" means: leger und bequem geschnittener Pullover
How do you pronounce "Sweatshirt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sweatshirt" is [ˈsvɛtˌʃœːɐ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sweatshirt" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.