Floppy Disc
[ˈflɔpiˌdɪsk]
The verdict
“Floppy Disc” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Abart der Magnetplatte, die auf einer flexiblen Trägerschicht aus Kunststoff aufgebaut ist, auf der eine magnetische Schicht aufgebracht ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-floppy-disc · Floppy Disc · German
Floppy Disc · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | Floppy Disc |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈflɔpiˌdɪsk] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Floppy Disc“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Floppy Disc is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈflɔpiˌdɪsk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Abart der Magnetplatte, die auf einer flexiblen Trägerschicht aus Kunststoff aufgebaut ist, auf der eine magnetische Schicht aufgebracht ist".
Floppy Disc has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Floppy Disc, spelled F-L-O-P-P-Y- -D-I-S-C.
Definition
- 1eine Abart der Magnetplatte, die auf einer flexiblen Trägerschicht aus Kunststoff aufgebaut ist, auf der eine magnetische Schicht aufgebracht ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Floppy Disc appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es gibt Floppy Discs mit einseitiger und mit doppelseitiger Beschichtung.
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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.