Völkerschaft

[ˈfœlkɐʃaft]

/[ˈfœlkɐʃaft]/ noun

The verdict

“Völkerschaft” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleine ethnische Gemeinschaft aus einer oder auch mehreren/vielen Ethnien

Corpus desk

Index DE-volkerschaft · Völkerschaft · German

Völkerschaft · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "V" 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.

Key facts for Völkerschaft
PropertyValue
HeadwordVölkerschaft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfœlkɐʃaft]
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Völkerschaft“ im Deutschen

Völkerschaftliegt außerhalb der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Wörter, im Langschwanz technischer, archaischer oder seltener Formen, genau dort, wo Schreibzweifeln zuschlagen.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Völkerschaft is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfœlkɐʃaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleine ethnische Gemeinschaft aus einer oder auch mehreren/vielen Ethnien".

Völkerschaft doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Völkerschaft, spelled V-Ö-L-K-E-R-S-C-H-A-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    kleine ethnische Gemeinschaft aus einer oder auch mehreren/vielen Ethnien

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Die Herrschaft über Länder mit nichtrussischen Völkerschaften zieht sich wie ein roter Faden durch die russische Geschichte.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Völkerschaft"?
"Völkerschaft" is spelled V-Ö-L-K-E-R-S-C-H-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfœlkɐʃaft].
What does "Völkerschaft" mean?
As a noun, "Völkerschaft" means: kleine ethnische Gemeinschaft aus einer oder auch mehreren/vielen Ethnien
How do you pronounce "Völkerschaft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Völkerschaft" is [ˈfœlkɐʃaft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Völkerschaft" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list