Cliffhanger
[ˈklɪfˌhɛŋɐ]
The verdict
“Cliffhanger” is uncommon German (frequency #56,865 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,865
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Neugier weckende Gestaltung des Endes eines (Kunst)Werks, das Teil einer Fortsetzungsserie ist, um Lust auf die Fortsetzung zu wecken
Corpus desk
Index DE-cliffhanger · Cliffhanger · German
Cliffhanger · rank #56,865 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,865
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH cirque
Nearest frequency peer: cirque (-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 „Cliffhanger“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Chefsache
Chefsache
43,142 corpus weight
- Chopper
Chopper
43,140 corpus weight
- cirque
cirque
43,137 corpus weight
- Cliffhanger
Cliffhanger
43,136 corpus weight
- copper
copper
43,132 corpus weight
- Cottbuser
Cottbuser
43,130 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Cliffhanger“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cliffhanger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈklɪfˌhɛŋɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #56,865 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Cliffhanger“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Cliffhanger is uncommon German at frequency #56,865 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈklɪfˌhɛŋɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Neugier weckende Gestaltung des Endes eines (Kunst)Werks, das Teil einer Fortsetzungsserie ist, um Lust auf die Fortsetzung zu wecken".
Zero misspellings are on record for Cliffhanger in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Cliffhanger, spelled C-L-I-F-F-H-A-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Neugier weckende Gestaltung des Endes eines (Kunst)Werks, das Teil einer Fortsetzungsserie ist, um Lust auf die Fortsetzung zu wecken
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Cliffhanger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Da seine Romane in Serienfolgen erschienen, gibt es jede Menge Cliffhanger, galt das Motto: Nur nicht langweilen.“
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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