Endlosschleife

[ˈɛntloːsˌʃlaɪ̯fə]

/[ˈɛntloːsˌʃlaɪ̯fə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Endlosschleife” is uncommon German (frequency #61,461 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,461
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schleife, deren Abbruchbedingung niemals eintritt, wodurch sie endlos weiter durchlaufen wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-endlosschleife · Endlosschleife · German

Endlosschleife · rank #61,461 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,461
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Endsieg

Nearest frequency peer: Endsieg (+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 „Endlosschleife“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Endlosschleife“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Endlosschleife
PropertyValue
HeadwordEndlosschleife
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɛntloːsˌʃlaɪ̯fə]
Letters14
Frequency rank#61,461
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Endlosschleife“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Endlosschleifefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Endsieg“ (#61,462), „endende“ (#61,459), „Energieberatung“ (#61,463). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Endlosschleife“ bei #61,461. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Endlosschleife is uncommon German at frequency #61,461 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɛntloːsˌʃlaɪ̯fə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schleife, deren Abbruchbedingung niemals eintritt, wodurch sie endlos weiter durchlaufen wird".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Endlosschleife, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Endlosschleife, spelled E-N-D-L-O-S-S-C-H-L-E-I-F-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Schleife, deren Abbruchbedingung niemals eintritt, wodurch sie endlos weiter durchlaufen wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Endlosschleife appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Da ich darauf vergessen hatte die Abbruchbedingung zu definieren, geriet das Programm in eine Endlosschleife.
  2. „Was sich in jeder anderen Stadt Kompromiss nennt, endet in Berlin in der Endlosschleife des Kuddelmuddels.“

This word in other languages

boucle infinie(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Endlosschleife"?
"Endlosschleife" is spelled E-N-D-L-O-S-S-C-H-L-E-I-F-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛntloːsˌʃlaɪ̯fə].
What does "Endlosschleife" mean?
As a noun, "Endlosschleife" means: Schleife, deren Abbruchbedingung niemals eintritt, wodurch sie endlos weiter durchlaufen wird
How do you pronounce "Endlosschleife"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Endlosschleife" is [ˈɛntloːsˌʃlaɪ̯fə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Endlosschleife" come from?
"Endlosschleife" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Endlosschleife", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

eindimensional#61,446explodierenden#61,479Fernsehsenders#61,493fremdsprachige#61,510

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list