Taschendiebin
[ˈtaʃn̩ˌdiːbɪn]
The verdict
“Taschendiebin” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weibliche Person, die fremde bewegliche Sachen, die sich im unmittelbaren Einflussbereich einer anderen Person befinden, entwendet
Corpus desk
Index DE-taschendiebin · Taschendiebin · German
Taschendiebin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | Taschendiebin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtaʃn̩ˌdiːbɪn] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Taschendiebin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Taschendiebin is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtaʃn̩ˌdiːbɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weibliche Person, die fremde bewegliche Sachen, die sich im unmittelbaren Einflussbereich einer anderen Person befinden, entwendet".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Taschendiebin, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Taschendiebin, spelled T-A-S-C-H-E-N-D-I-E-B-I-N.
Definition
- 1weibliche Person, die fremde bewegliche Sachen, die sich im unmittelbaren Einflussbereich einer anderen Person befinden, entwendet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Taschendiebin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Vorbeigehen stieß die Taschendiebin gegen den Passanten und entwendete ihm dabei seine Brieftasche.
„Dann waren die Magistrate an der Reihe, sich mit den Taschendiebinnen, Ladendiebinnen, Prostituierten und Handtaschenräuberinnen zu befassen, von denen jede eine tragische Geschichte von erlittener Not und dem Kampf ums nackte Überleben zu erzählen hatte.“
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.