faulenzen

[ˈfaʊ̯lɛnt͡sn̩]

/[ˈfaʊ̯lɛnt͡sn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“faulenzen” is uncommon German (frequency #57,846 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,846
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nichts tun, es sich gutgehen lassen, faul sein

Corpus desk

Index DE-faulenzen · faulenzen · German

faulenzen · rank #57,846 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,846
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH faux

Nearest frequency peer: faux (+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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “faulenzen”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “faulenzen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for faulenzen
PropertyValue
Headwordfaulenzen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfaʊ̯lɛnt͡sn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#57,846
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “faulenzen” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). faulenzen lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

faulenzen is uncommon German at frequency #57,846 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfaʊ̯lɛnt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nichts tun, es sich gutgehen lassen, faul sein".

No misspelling variants are generated for faulenzen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 faulenzen, spelled F-A-U-L-E-N-Z-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    nichts tun, es sich gutgehen lassen, faul sein

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Am Wochenende werden wir im Garten sein und faulenzen.

Synonyms

entspannenrelaxen

Antonyms

arbeitenfleißig

This word in other languages

idle(English)holgazanear(Español)fainéanter(Français)descansar(Português)

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "faulenzen"?
"faulenzen" is spelled F-A-U-L-E-N-Z-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfaʊ̯lɛnt͡sn̩].
What does "faulenzen" mean?
As a verb, "faulenzen" means: nichts tun, es sich gutgehen lassen, faul sein
How do you pronounce "faulenzen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "faulenzen" is [ˈfaʊ̯lɛnt͡sn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "faulenzen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Esperanto#57,827freudigen#57,865Erdrutsch#57,817Gedenkens#57,884

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list