dreschen
[ˈdʁɛʃn̩]
The verdict
“dreschen” is uncommon German (frequency #62,328 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,328
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bei Getreide, Hülsenfrüchten und dergleichen durch Trampeln, Schlagen, Walzen oder mit einer Dreschmaschine die Körner vom Stroh trennen
Corpus desk
Index DE-dreschen · dreschen · German
dreschen · rank #62,328 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,328
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Drehzahlen
Nearest frequency peer: Drehzahlen (-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 „dreschen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- donate
donate
37,677 corpus weight
- Drehzahlen
Drehzahlen
37,674 corpus weight
- dreschen
dreschen
37,673 corpus weight
- drittklassi…
drittklassige
37,672 corpus weight
- Drittplatzi…
Drittplatzierten
37,671 corpus weight
- DSG
DSG
37,670 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „dreschen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dreschen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈdʁɛʃn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,328 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „dreschen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
dreschen is uncommon German at frequency #62,328 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈdʁɛʃn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
dreschen has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is dreschen, spelled D-R-E-S-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1bei Getreide, Hülsenfrüchten und dergleichen durch Trampeln, Schlagen, Walzen oder mit einer Dreschmaschine die Körner vom Stroh trennen
- 2jemanden prügeln oder auf jemanden oder etwas schlagen, draufhauen, drauftreten
- 3grob und gefühllos auf einem Tasteninstrument spielen
- 4Karten spielen, Skat spielen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dreschen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Früher wurde mit dem Dreschflegel gedroschen.
Es gelang ihm, den Ball aus kürzester Entfernung über das Tor zu dreschen.
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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