Faulpelz
[ˈfaʊ̯lˌpɛlt͡s]
The verdict
“Faulpelz” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die träge / faul ist und keine Lust hat, zu arbeiten / sich anzustrengen
Corpus desk
Index DE-faulpelz · Faulpelz · German
Faulpelz · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Faulpelz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfaʊ̯lˌpɛlt͡s] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Faulpelz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Faulpelz is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfaʊ̯lˌpɛlt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die träge / faul ist und keine Lust hat, zu arbeiten / sich anzustrengen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Faulpelz in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Faulpelz, spelled F-A-U-L-P-E-L-Z.
Definition
- 1Person, die träge / faul ist und keine Lust hat, zu arbeiten / sich anzustrengen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Faulpelz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Unser Sohn ist ein kleiner Faulpelz.
„Wenn du weiter so ein Faulpelz bist wirst du die Schule nie schaffen!“
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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.