Donnerschlag
[ˈdɔnɐˌʃlaːk]
The verdict
“Donnerschlag” is an uncommon German word, ranked #90,148 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #90,148
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - kurzer, sehr heftiger Donner
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Donnerschlag |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdɔnɐˌʃlaːk] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #90,148 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Donnerschlag” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Donnerschlag is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdɔnɐˌʃlaːk]. Corpus data places it at rank #90,148 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "kurzer, sehr heftiger Donner".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Donnerschlag, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Donnerschlag, spelled D-O-N-N-E-R-S-C-H-L-A-G.
Definition
- 1kurzer, sehr heftiger Donner
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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Using “Donnerschlag”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-O-N-N-E-R-S-C-H-L-A-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈdɔnɐˌʃlaːk] (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.