Falstaff

[ˈfalstaf]

/[ˈfalstaf]/ noun

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The verdict

“Falstaff” is uncommon German (frequency #56,968 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,968
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dicker Mann, der gern prahlt (und gern gut isst)

Corpus desk

Index DE-falstaff · Falstaff · German

Falstaff · rank #56,968 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,968
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Faller

Nearest frequency peer: Faller (-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 „Falstaff“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Falstaff
PropertyValue
HeadwordFalstaff
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfalstaf]
Letters8
Frequency rank#56,968
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Falstaff“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Faller“ (#56,967), „Fahrzeugbau“ (#56,966), „Fachstelle“ (#56,965). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Falstaff“ bei #56,968. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Falstaff is uncommon German at frequency #56,968 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfalstaf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dicker Mann, der gern prahlt (und gern gut isst)".

Falstaff has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Falstaff, spelled F-A-L-S-T-A-F-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    dicker Mann, der gern prahlt (und gern gut isst)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Ferrara ist ein Falstaff, amoralisch und stets hungrig nach neuen Ideen, verfressen und trunken an klarem Denken.“
  2. „Das Bett der Italiener ist so breit, daß sechs Personen, wenn sie gerade keine Falstaffs sind, ohne sich im geringsten lästig zu fallen, dem Gotte Hypnos das gebührende Opfer bringen können.“

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 "Falstaff"?
"Falstaff" is spelled F-A-L-S-T-A-F-F. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfalstaf].
What does "Falstaff" mean?
As a noun, "Falstaff" means: dicker Mann, der gern prahlt (und gern gut isst)
How do you pronounce "Falstaff"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Falstaff" is [ˈfalstaf]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Falstaff" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Feldzüge#56,971Eltville#56,940ganztags#57,006garrison#57,007

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list