Unterrichtsstunde

/[ˈʊntɐʁɪçt͡sˌʃtʊndə]/ noun

Letters

17 characters

Frequency Rank

#52,521

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Unterrichtsstunde is aGermannoun. It means: vereinbarte Zeitdauer (oft 3/4 Stunde), in der jemand unterrichtet wird Pronounced [ˈʊntɐʁɪçt͡sˌʃtʊndə].

Key facts for Unterrichtsstunde
PropertyValue
HeadwordUnterrichtsstunde
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʊntɐʁɪçt͡sˌʃtʊndə]
Letters17
Frequency rank#52,521
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Unterrichtsstunde is 17 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʊntɐʁɪçt͡sˌʃtʊndə]. Corpus data places it at rank #52,521 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "vereinbarte Zeitdauer (oft 3/4 Stunde), in der jemand unterrichtet wird".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Unterrichtsstunde 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 Unterrichtsstunde, spelled U-N-T-E-R-R-I-C-H-T-S-S-T-U-N-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    vereinbarte Zeitdauer (oft 3/4 Stunde), in der jemand unterrichtet wird

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #52,521 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Unterrichtsstunde"?
"Unterrichtsstunde" is spelled U-N-T-E-R-R-I-C-H-T-S-S-T-U-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊntɐʁɪçt͡sˌʃtʊndə].
What does "Unterrichtsstunde" mean?
As a noun, "Unterrichtsstunde" means: vereinbarte Zeitdauer (oft 3/4 Stunde), in der jemand unterrichtet wird
How do you pronounce "Unterrichtsstunde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Unterrichtsstunde" is [ˈʊntɐʁɪçt͡sˌʃtʊndə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Unterrichtsstunde" 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.