Falbe
[ˈfalbə]
The verdict
“Falbe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sandfarbenes oder hellgraues Pferd mit schwarzem Langhaar (Mähne und Schweif)
Corpus desk
Index DE-falbe · Falbe · German
Falbe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | Falbe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfalbə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Falbe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Falbe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfalbə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Falbe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Falbe, spelled F-A-L-B-E.
Definition
- 1sandfarbenes oder hellgraues Pferd mit schwarzem Langhaar (Mähne und Schweif)
- 2Pferd, das durch das Falbgen (Dun-Gen) aufgehellt wurde
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Falbe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mein Pferd ist ein Falbe.
„Zu seinem siebten Geburtstag bekam er ein eigenes Pony, einen Falben.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.