Turnschuh

[ˈtʊʁnˌʃuː]

/[ˈtʊʁnˌʃuː]/ noun

The verdict

“Turnschuh” is uncommon German (frequency #83,404 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,404
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fußbekleidung, welche zum Sport in Hallen geeignet ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-turnschuh · Turnschuh · German

Turnschuh · rank #83,404 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,404
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH tummelten

Nearest frequency peer: tummelten (-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 „Turnschuh“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Turnschuh
PropertyValue
HeadwordTurnschuh
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtʊʁnˌʃuː]
Letters9
Frequency rank#83,404
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Turnschuh“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „tummelten“ (#83,403), „tummelt“ (#83,402), „Troyes“ (#83,399). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Turnschuh“ bei #83,404. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Turnschuh is uncommon German at frequency #83,404 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtʊʁnˌʃuː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Turnschuh doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 Turnschuh, spelled T-U-R-N-S-C-H-U-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fußbekleidung, welche zum Sport in Hallen geeignet ist
  2. 2
    Fußbekleidung, welche zum Ausführen von Turnübungen geeignet ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Joschka Fischer wurde in Turnschuhen vereidigt.
  2. „Anstatt der Turnschuhe trug ich nur noch die hässlichen, aber durchaus luftig-angenehmen Trekkingsandalen an den Füßen.“

Synonyms

SportschuhGymnastikschuh

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); 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 "Turnschuh"?
"Turnschuh" is spelled T-U-R-N-S-C-H-U-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtʊʁnˌʃuː].
What does "Turnschuh" mean?
As a noun, "Turnschuh" means: Fußbekleidung, welche zum Sport in Hallen geeignet ist
How do you pronounce "Turnschuh"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Turnschuh" is [ˈtʊʁnˌʃuː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Turnschuh" come from?
"Turnschuh" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list