Drangsal
[ˈdʁaŋzaːl]
The verdict
“Drangsal” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zwang, Bedrängnis, bedrohliche Situation
Corpus desk
Index DE-drangsal · Drangsal · German
Drangsal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Drangsal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʁaŋzaːl] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Drangsal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Drangsal is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdʁaŋzaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zwang, Bedrängnis, bedrohliche Situation".
Drangsal doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 Drangsal, spelled D-R-A-N-G-S-A-L.
Definition
- 1Zwang, Bedrängnis, bedrohliche Situation
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Drangsal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Er liest es, sieht nach oben und preist der Gottheit Kraft,
„Aber nicht die herrliche Landschaft darf für ihn von Bedeutung sein, sondern eine besondere mehrwöchige Drangsal von ungeahnter Wirkung wird es.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.