Drudenfuß
[ˈdʁuːdn̩ˌfuːs]
The verdict
“Drudenfuß” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fünfzackiger Stern, der ein Schutzzeichen vor Geistern (Druden) sein soll
Corpus desk
Index DE-drudenfu · Drudenfuß · German
Drudenfuß · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Drudenfuß |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʁuːdn̩ˌfuːs] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Drudenfuß“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Drudenfuß is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdʁuːdn̩ˌfuːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "fünfzackiger Stern, der ein Schutzzeichen vor Geistern (Druden) sein soll".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Drudenfuß, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our 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 Drudenfuß, spelled D-R-U-D-E-N-F-U-S-S.
Definition
- 1fünfzackiger Stern, der ein Schutzzeichen vor Geistern (Druden) sein soll
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Drudenfuß appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Gesteh ich's nur! daß ich hinausspaziere, verbietet mir ein kleines Hindernis, der Drudenfuß auf Eurer Schwelle.“
Synonyms
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.