Dornröschenschlaf

[dɔʁnˈʁøːsçənˌʃlaːf]

/[dɔʁnˈʁøːsçənˌʃlaːf]/ noun

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

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Dornröschenschlaf“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Dornröschenschlaf
PropertyValue
HeadwordDornröschenschlaf
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[dɔʁnˈʁøːsçənˌʃlaːf]
Letters17
Frequency rank#74,486
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Dornröschenschlaf“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Dornröschenschlaffällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Dosenöffner“ (#74,488), „dominanter“ (#74,482), „drahtlosen“ (#74,490). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Dornröschenschlaf“ bei #74,486. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    sehr lang andauernder Schlaf; anhaltend unveränderter, verborgener Zustand

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Dornröschenschlaf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die Damen suchen alte Musterkarten, Raritäten, die auf Dachböden, in aufgelassenen Produktionsstätten oder sonst wo im Dornröschenschlaf liegen, oft auch Kontakte zu Produzenten.“
  2. „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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Dornröschenschlaf"?
"Dornröschenschlaf" is spelled D-O-R-N-R-Ö-S-C-H-E-N-S-C-H-L-A-F. The IPA pronunciation is [dɔʁnˈʁøːsçənˌʃlaːf].
What does "Dornröschenschlaf" mean?
As a noun, "Dornröschenschlaf" means: sehr lang andauernder Schlaf; anhaltend unveränderter, verborgener Zustand
How do you pronounce "Dornröschenschlaf"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dornröschenschlaf" is [dɔʁnˈʁøːsçənˌʃlaːf]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dornröschenschlaf" come from?
"Dornröschenschlaf" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Dornröschenschlaf", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 17 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list