Flipflop
[ˈflɪpflɔp]
The verdict
“Flipflop” 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) - besonders leichte Sandale, die außer einer Sohle nur noch eine Schlaufe für die Zehen hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-flipflop · Flipflop · German
Flipflop · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Flipflop |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈflɪpflɔp] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Flipflop“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Flipflop is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈflɪpflɔp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "besonders leichte Sandale, die außer einer Sohle nur noch eine Schlaufe für die Zehen hat".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Flipflop in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Flipflop, spelled F-L-I-P-F-L-O-P.
Definition
- 1besonders leichte Sandale, die außer einer Sohle nur noch eine Schlaufe für die Zehen hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Flipflop appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Abendluft weht lau, es ist angenehm warm, und die Flipflops sind noch immer nicht weggepackt.“
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.