Fällung

[ˈfɛlʊŋ]

/[ˈfɛlʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Fällung” is uncommon German (frequency #56,997 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,997
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Roden eines Baumes

Corpus desk

Index DE-fallung · Fällung · German

Fällung · rank #56,997 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,997
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Förderern

Nearest frequency peer: Förderern (+2 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 „Fällung“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Fällung
PropertyValue
HeadwordFällung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfɛlʊŋ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#56,997
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Fällung“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Förderern“ (#56,999), „Friedenskirche“ (#56,993), „fünfeinhalb“ (#57,001). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Fällung“ bei #56,997. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Fällung is uncommon German at frequency #56,997 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɛlʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Fällung in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Fällung, spelled F-Ä-L-L-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Roden eines Baumes
  2. 2
    verbindliche Festlegung von etwas
  3. 3
    Ausscheiden eines gelösten Stoffes aus einer Lösung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Wenn der Eigentümer einen Antrag zur Fällung des Baumes eingereicht hat, hat der Baum anscheinend keinen Wert für ihn.“
  2. „Die Stadt Dresden sagte die geplante Räumung und Fällung des Baumes aus Sicherheitsgründen ab.“

Synonyms

AbholzungRodungAusflockungPräzipitation

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 "Fällung"?
"Fällung" is spelled F-Ä-L-L-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɛlʊŋ].
What does "Fällung" mean?
As a noun, "Fällung" means: das Roden eines Baumes
How do you pronounce "Fällung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Fällung" is [ˈfɛlʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Fällung" come from?
"Fällung" 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 "Fällung", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fürwahr#57,003flachem#56,981erzeuge#56,957Grabung#57,042

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list