drauflos
[dʁaʊ̯fˈloːs]
The verdict
“drauflos” is uncommon German (frequency #57,776 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,776
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne konkreten Plan, ohne große Überlegung, aber mit Elan
Corpus desk
Index DE-drauflos · drauflos · German
drauflos · rank #57,776 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,776
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Donaustadt
Nearest frequency peer: Donaustadt (-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 „drauflos“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- docker
docker
42,229 corpus weight
- Donaustadt
Donaustadt
42,226 corpus weight
- drauflos
drauflos
42,225 corpus weight
- drehenden
drehenden
42,224 corpus weight
- Drehkreuz
Drehkreuz
42,223 corpus weight
- dreieckigen
dreieckigen
42,222 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „drauflos“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | drauflos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [dʁaʊ̯fˈloːs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,776 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „drauflos“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
drauflos is uncommon German at frequency #57,776 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [dʁaʊ̯fˈloːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ohne konkreten Plan, ohne große Überlegung, aber mit Elan".
drauflos has no tracked misspelling variants, 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is drauflos, spelled D-R-A-U-F-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1ohne konkreten Plan, ohne große Überlegung, aber mit Elan
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how drauflos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mach dir nicht so viele Gedanken, immer drauflos, dann wird das schon was.
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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