Warnschild
[ˈvaʁnˌʃɪlt]
The verdict
“Warnschild” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sichtbar aufgestellte Hinweistafel mit einem Piktogramm, die vor einer Gefahr warnen soll
Corpus desk
Index DE-warnschild · Warnschild · German
Warnschild · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" 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 | Warnschild |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaʁnˌʃɪlt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Warnschild“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Warnschild is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvaʁnˌʃɪlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sichtbar aufgestellte Hinweistafel mit einem Piktogramm, die vor einer Gefahr warnen soll".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Warnschild, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Warnschild, spelled W-A-R-N-S-C-H-I-L-D.
Definition
- 1sichtbar aufgestellte Hinweistafel mit einem Piktogramm, die vor einer Gefahr warnen soll
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Warnschild appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In der Werkstatt hängen verschiedene Warnschilder, weil dort mit Benzin gearbeitet wird.
Die Schwimmer ignorieren die Warnschilder am Strand und begeben sich so in Lebensgefahr.
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.