aschfahl
[ˈaʃˌfaːl]
The verdict
“aschfahl” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fahl wie Asche, graubleich
Corpus desk
Index DE-aschfahl · aschfahl · German
aschfahl · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | aschfahl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈaʃˌfaːl] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „aschfahl“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
aschfahl is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈaʃˌfaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "fahl wie Asche, graubleich".
Zero misspellings are on record for aschfahl in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 aschfahl, spelled A-S-C-H-F-A-H-L.
Definition
- 1fahl wie Asche, graubleich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aschfahl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hatte ein aschfahles Gesicht.
Als sie diese Nachricht hörte, wurde sie aschfahl im Gesicht.
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.