Furnier
[fʊʁˈniːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Furnier” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dünne, äußere Holzschicht
Corpus desk
Index DE-furnier · Furnier · German
Furnier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | Furnier |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fʊʁˈniːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Furnier“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Furnier is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [fʊʁˈniːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dünne, äußere Holzschicht".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Furnier in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Furnier, spelled F-U-R-N-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1dünne, äußere Holzschicht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Furnier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Hinter der Halle einer Saftfabrik liegen Kirschbäume, Nussbäume und Eichen auf langen Bohlen zur Begutachtung. Aus ihnen sollen Möbel oder Fensterrahmen werden oder Furnier.“
„Er blickte verächtlich auf den Tisch, dessen hochpolierte Nußbaumplatte Spuren vergossener Flüssigkeiten zeigt und von der an einer Stelle das Furnier leicht abstand.“
This word in other languages
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.