Donnerschlag
[ˈdɔnɐˌʃlaːk]
The verdict
“Donnerschlag” is uncommon German (frequency #90,148 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,148
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kurzer, sehr heftiger Donner
Corpus desk
Index DE-donnerschlag · Donnerschlag · German
Donnerschlag · rank #90,148 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,148
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH DOP
Nearest frequency peer: DOP (+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 „Donnerschlag“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Divan
Divan
9,858 corpus weight
- diver
diver
9,857 corpus weight
- DJane
DJane
9,856 corpus weight
- Donnerschlag
Donnerschlag
9,853 corpus weight
- DOP
DOP
9,852 corpus weight
- Dorit
Dorit
9,851 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Donnerschlag“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Donnerschlag“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Donnerschlag is uncommon German at frequency #90,148 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdɔnɐˌʃlaːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Donnerschlag appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Später, im Geschwader, erzählte man mir, es habe fürchterlich gedonnert, aber ich erinnere mich nicht, auch nur einen Donnerschlag gehört zu haben, nachdem ich ins Wasser gesprungen war.“
„Als zu dem Regen noch ein Donnerschlag ertönte, zuckten die Tiere zusammen.“
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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