Clause
[klɔːz]
The verdict
“Clause” is uncommon German (frequency #72,277 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,277
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Teilsatz
Corpus desk
Index DE-clause · Clause · German
Clause · rank #72,277 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,277
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH cla
Nearest frequency peer: cla (-2 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 „Clause“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Charmeur
Charmeur
27,732 corpus weight
- Charms
Charms
27,731 corpus weight
- chaux
chaux
27,730 corpus weight
- cla
cla
27,726 corpus weight
- Clause
Clause
27,724 corpus weight
- costs
costs
27,716 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Clause“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Clause |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [klɔːz] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #72,277 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Clause“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Clause is uncommon German at frequency #72,277 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [klɔːz]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Teilsatz".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Clause, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Clause, spelled C-L-A-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Teilsatz
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Clause appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Clause ist ein Begriff, der in der Linguistik bisweilen im Sinn von Teilsatz verwendet wird. Er wird in diesem Fall dadurch bestimmt, dass ein Satz so viele Clauses enthält, wie er finite Verben oder äquivalente Formen aufweist. Diese Verwendung von Clause ist in der Quantitativen Linguistik geläufig.
Eine Hypothese lautet: „Je länger der Satz, gemessen in der Anzahl der Clauses, desto kürzer die Clauses, gemessen in der Wortzahl.“
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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