drölf
[dʁœlf]
The verdict
“drölf” is uncommon German (frequency #88,828 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a numeral. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,828
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Zahl 13
Corpus desk
Index DE-drolf · drölf · German
drölf · rank #88,828 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,828
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH droppen
Nearest frequency peer: droppen (-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 „drölf“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Drachentöter
Drachentöter
11,177 corpus weight
- Drogerien
Drogerien
11,176 corpus weight
- droppen
droppen
11,175 corpus weight
- drölf
drölf
11,173 corpus weight
- dunkelgrüne
dunkelgrüne
11,171 corpus weight
- durchbrachen
durchbrachen
11,170 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „drölf“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | drölf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | [dʁœlf] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #88,828 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „drölf“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
drölf is uncommon German at frequency #88,828 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anumeral, transcribed [dʁœlf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for drölf in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is drölf, spelled D-R-Ö-L-F.
Definition
- 1die Zahl 13
- 2fiktive ganze Zahl
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how drölf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Eine meiner Patientinnen zählte in ihrer kindlichen Logik nach der zwölf folgendermaßen weiter: elf, zwölf, drölf. Dann kam sie nicht weiter, denn die Zahl vier für die 14 konnte sie nicht mehr in ihr System einordnen.“
„‚Jawohl‘, sage ich. ‚Eins, zwei, drei – elf, zwölf, drölf! Von jetzt ab sage ich auch drölf.‘“
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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