Flugfaden
[ˈfluːkˌfaːdn̩]
The verdict
“Flugfaden” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - extrem dünnes, sehr biegsames Produkt von Spinndrüsen, das der Fortbewegung bestimmter Spinnenarten durch die Luft (dem Spinnenflug) dient
Corpus desk
Index DE-flugfaden · Flugfaden · German
Flugfaden · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Flugfaden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfluːkˌfaːdn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Flugfaden“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Flugfaden is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfluːkˌfaːdn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "extrem dünnes, sehr biegsames Produkt von Spinndrüsen, das der Fortbewegung bestimmter Spinnenarten durch die Luft (dem Spinnenflug) dient".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Flugfaden, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Flugfaden, spelled F-L-U-G-F-A-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1extrem dünnes, sehr biegsames Produkt von Spinndrüsen, das der Fortbewegung bestimmter Spinnenarten durch die Luft (dem Spinnenflug) dient
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Flugfaden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ist der Faden lang und der Auftrieb groß genug, läßt die Spinne ihren Standort los und wird am Flugfaden vom Wind davongetragen.“
„[…] da hatte es noch ganz kurz etwas anderes gegeben, […] nur ganz zart streifend, wie die Flugfaden des Altweibersommers das das Gesicht berühren: […]“
Synonyms
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.