arschlings
[ˈaːɐ̯ʃlɪŋs]
The verdict
“arschlings” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. 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) - mit der Rückseite (dem Arsch) zuerst; nach hinten, von hinten; verkehrt herum
Corpus desk
Index DE-arschlings · arschlings · German
arschlings · 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 "A" 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 | arschlings |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈaːɐ̯ʃlɪŋs] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „arschlings“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
arschlings is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ˈaːɐ̯ʃlɪŋs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit der Rückseite (dem Arsch) zuerst; nach hinten, von hinten; verkehrt herum".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for arschlings, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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. The correct German form is arschlings, spelled A-R-S-C-H-L-I-N-G-S.
Definition
- 1mit der Rückseite (dem Arsch) zuerst; nach hinten, von hinten; verkehrt herum
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how arschlings appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mit einem zwiefachen Doppelaxel und ein, zwei gewagten Schrauben krachte er arschlings in den Holzsessel neben mir.“
„Gegen Hühneraugen ist gut, wenn man «arschlings» zu einer Fichte hinzugeht, einen Zweig abknickt, aber so, dass er gerade noch hängen bleibt und dann ohne sich umzuschauen, wieder weggeht.“
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.