Transportschiff
[tʁansˈpɔʁtˌʃɪf]
The verdict
“Transportschiff” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schiff, das dem Transport von Gegenständen und/oder Personen dient
Corpus desk
Index DE-transportschiff · Transportschiff · German
Transportschiff · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Transportschiff |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tʁansˈpɔʁtˌʃɪf] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Transportschiff“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Transportschiff is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [tʁansˈpɔʁtˌʃɪf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schiff, das dem Transport von Gegenständen und/oder Personen dient".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Transportschiff, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Transportschiff, spelled T-R-A-N-S-P-O-R-T-S-C-H-I-F-F.
Definition
- 1Schiff, das dem Transport von Gegenständen und/oder Personen dient
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Transportschiff appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ashcroft stellte uns Lieutenant Colonel Martin Gregson vor, den britischen Befehlshaber der Truppen an Bord der drei Transportschiffe.“
„Am selben Tag passierten wir einen Konvoi Transportschiffe, die eine Brigade von Pendennis Castle nach Yarmouth brachte, um sich dort der Hauptflotte anzuschließen.“
Synonyms
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.