Flaschenhals

[ˈflaʃn̩ˌhals]

/[ˈflaʃn̩ˌhals]/ noun

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The verdict

“Flaschenhals” is uncommon German (frequency #58,774 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,774
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - oberer, dünnerer Teil einer Flasche, an dessen Ende sich (normalerweise) die Öffnung befindet

Corpus desk

Index DE-flaschenhals · Flaschenhals · German

Flaschenhals · rank #58,774 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,774
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Firmennamen

Nearest frequency peer: Firmennamen (-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 „Flaschenhals“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Flaschenhals
PropertyValue
HeadwordFlaschenhals
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈflaʃn̩ˌhals]
Letters12
Frequency rank#58,774
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Flaschenhals“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Flaschenhalsfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Firmennamen“ (#58,773), „Fliegerhorst“ (#58,775), „firefly“ (#58,772). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Flaschenhals“ bei #58,774. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Flaschenhals is uncommon German at frequency #58,774 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈflaʃn̩ˌhals]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Flaschenhals has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Flaschenhals, spelled F-L-A-S-C-H-E-N-H-A-L-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    oberer, dünnerer Teil einer Flasche, an dessen Ende sich (normalerweise) die Öffnung befindet
  2. 2
    Teil eines Systems, das wegen seiner geringeren Kapazität das Gesamtsystem verlangsamt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Am Flaschenhals lässt sich die Flasche gut festhalten.
  2. „Als er fertig war, stopfte er den feuchten Wattebausch in den Flaschenhals.“

Synonyms

EngpassEngstelleNadelöhr

This word in other languages

bottleneck(English)gollete(Español)goulot(Français)

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 "Flaschenhals"?
"Flaschenhals" is spelled F-L-A-S-C-H-E-N-H-A-L-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈflaʃn̩ˌhals].
What does "Flaschenhals" mean?
As a noun, "Flaschenhals" means: oberer, dünnerer Teil einer Flasche, an dessen Ende sich (normalerweise) die Öffnung befindet
How do you pronounce "Flaschenhals"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Flaschenhals" is [ˈflaʃn̩ˌhals]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Flaschenhals" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Fliegerhorst#58,775Flugblättern#58,778feststehende#58,764Fronleichnam#58,789

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list