Aschenbrödel
[ˈaʃn̩ˌbʁøːdl̩]
The verdict
“Aschenbrödel” is uncommon German (frequency #58,560 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,560
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weibliche Märchenfigur, die zunächst niedere Dienste verrichten muss, dann aber vom Prinzen geheiratet wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-aschenbrodel · Aschenbrödel · German
Aschenbrödel · rank #58,560 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,560
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH asiatisches
Nearest frequency peer: asiatisches (+1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Aschenbrödel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Arbeitszeug…
Arbeitszeugnis
41,444 corpus weight
- Architektur…
Architekturbüros
41,443 corpus weight
- Aschenbrödel
Aschenbrödel
41,441 corpus weight
- asiatisches
asiatisches
41,440 corpus weight
- assistance
assistance
41,439 corpus weight
- Attika
Attika
41,438 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Aschenbrödel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Aschenbrödel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaʃn̩ˌbʁøːdl̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #58,560 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Aschenbrödel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Aschenbrödel is uncommon German at frequency #58,560 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaʃn̩ˌbʁøːdl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Aschenbrödel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Aschenbrödel, spelled A-S-C-H-E-N-B-R-Ö-D-E-L.
Definition
- 1weibliche Märchenfigur, die zunächst niedere Dienste verrichten muss, dann aber vom Prinzen geheiratet wird
- 2unscheinbare Person, die benachteiligt wird und meist niedere Arbeiten im Haus verrichten muss
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Aschenbrödel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Großvater erzählte seinen Enkeln die Geschichte vom Aschenbrödel.
Zuhause macht er nur das Aschenbrödel.
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).