Fallblättchen
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The verdict
“Fallblättchen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Teil einer analogen Schachuhr, dient zur exakten Feststellung einer eventuellen Überschreitung der Bedenkzeit: wenn sich der Minutenzeiger einer Uhr in Richtung 12 bewegt, hebt er dabei das bewegli...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fallblättchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Fallblättchen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Fallblättchen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Teil einer analogen Schachuhr, dient zur exakten Feststellung einer eventuellen Überschreitung der Bedenkzeit: wenn sich der Minutenzeiger einer Uhr in Richtung 12 bewegt, hebt er dabei das bewegli...".
Zero misspellings are on record for Fallblättchen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Fallblättchen, spelled F-A-L-L-B-L-Ä-T-T-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Teil einer analogen Schachuhr, dient zur exakten Feststellung einer eventuellen Überschreitung der Bedenkzeit: wenn sich der Minutenzeiger einer Uhr in Richtung 12 bewegt, hebt er dabei das beweglich befestigte Fallblättchen allmählich an, beim Überschreiten der 12 wird es nicht mehr gestützt und fällt herunter
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.
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Using “Fallblättchen”
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- The one correct German spelling is F-A-L-L-B-L-Ä-T-T-C-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.