Dornröschenschlaf
[dɔʁnˈʁøːsçənˌʃlaːf]
The verdict
“Dornröschenschlaf” is uncommon German (frequency #74,486 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,486
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sehr lang andauernder Schlaf; anhaltend unveränderter, verborgener Zustand
Corpus desk
Index DE-dornroschenschlaf · Dornröschenschlaf · German
Dornröschenschlaf · rank #74,486 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,486
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Dosenöffner
Nearest frequency peer: Dosenöffner (+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 „Dornröschenschlaf“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Dogge
Dogge
25,520 corpus weight
- dominanter
dominanter
25,519 corpus weight
- Dornröschen…
Dornröschenschlaf
25,515 corpus weight
- Dosenöffner
Dosenöffner
25,513 corpus weight
- drahtlosen
drahtlosen
25,511 corpus weight
- dramaturgis…
dramaturgische
25,510 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Dornröschenschlaf“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dornröschenschlaf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [dɔʁnˈʁøːsçənˌʃlaːf] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Frequency rank | #74,486 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dornröschenschlaf“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Dornröschenschlaf is uncommon German at frequency #74,486 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [dɔʁnˈʁøːsçənˌʃlaːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sehr lang andauernder Schlaf; anhaltend unveränderter, verborgener Zustand".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Dornröschenschlaf, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Dornröschenschlaf, spelled D-O-R-N-R-Ö-S-C-H-E-N-S-C-H-L-A-F.
Definition
- 1sehr lang andauernder Schlaf; anhaltend unveränderter, verborgener Zustand
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dornröschenschlaf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Damen suchen alte Musterkarten, Raritäten, die auf Dachböden, in aufgelassenen Produktionsstätten oder sonst wo im Dornröschenschlaf liegen, oft auch Kontakte zu Produzenten.“
„Danach verfiel die Bibliothek in einen Jahrzehnte dauernden Dornröschenschlaf, was vor allem daran lag, daß der Hof 1753 ins nahe Braunschweig gezogen und die Hälfte der Bevölkerung abgewandert war.“
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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