Falltür
[ˈfalˌtyːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Falltür” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Klapptür im Boden
Corpus desk
Index DE-falltur · Falltür · German
Falltür · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | Falltür |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfalˌtyːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Falltür“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Falltür is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfalˌtyːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Klapptür im Boden".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Falltür, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Falltür, spelled F-A-L-L-T-Ü-R.
Definition
- 1Klapptür im Boden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Falltür appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Um 3.05 Uhr Ortszeit fiel er durch die Falltür des Galgens, dort, wo vor ihm bereits Saddam, sein Halbbruder Barsan Ibrahim al-Tikriti und der frühere ‚Revolutionsrichter‘ Awad Hamid al-Bandar gestorben waren […]“
„Ein Bauunternehmer hatte berichtet, seine Angestellten seien vor einigen Jahren bei Renovierungsarbeiten auf eine Falltür zu einem fensterlosen Raum gestoßen.“
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.