Dampfplauderer
[ˈdamp͡fplaʊ̯dəʁɐ]
The verdict
“Dampfplauderer” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemand, der etwas nicht Spruchreifes, Unausdiskutiertes, Geheimes von sich gibt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dampfplauderer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdamp͡fplaʊ̯dəʁɐ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dampfplauderer” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Dampfplauderer is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdamp͡fplaʊ̯dəʁɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der etwas nicht Spruchreifes, Unausdiskutiertes, Geheimes von sich gibt".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Dampfplauderer, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 Dampfplauderer, spelled D-A-M-P-F-P-L-A-U-D-E-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der etwas nicht Spruchreifes, Unausdiskutiertes, Geheimes von sich gibt
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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.
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Using “Dampfplauderer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-A-M-P-F-P-L-A-U-D-E-R-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈdamp͡fplaʊ̯dəʁɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.