Flause
[ˈflaʊ̯zə]
The verdict
“Flause” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aberwitziger Einfall
Corpus desk
Index DE-flause · Flause · German
Flause · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | Flause |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈflaʊ̯zə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Flause“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Flause is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈflaʊ̯zə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Flause, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists 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 Flause, spelled F-L-A-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1aberwitziger Einfall
- 2ablenkende Flunkerei
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Flause appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seine Flausen verlängerten die Diskussion unnötig.
„Ich kenne keinen Menschen, der ohne diese Flausen von dem kleinen weißen Haus im Kopf auf die Insel hier oder sonst irgendwo ans Meer kommt.“
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.