Why German battleships miss the top five

Why are there no German ships among the favourite top-five choices?

They were generally capable, but competing designs were better, while Scharnhorst was under-gunned and Bismarck was overly complex and inefficient.

German battleships are excluded without being dismissed as uniformly bad. Imperial designs were often solid but conservative, with a foreign contemporary already offering a stronger overall package. Scharnhorst and Gneisenau are attractive and capable yet under-gunned with 11-inch main batteries, while Bismarck and Tirpitz are criticised as overcomplicated and inefficient. German ships might enter a top ten around sixth or seventh place, but none clears the threshold for the top five.