Gliederpuppe
[ˈɡliːdɐˌpʊpə]
The verdict
“Gliederpuppe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bewegliche Puppe, die besonders dazu verwendet wird, bestimmte (menschliche) Körperhaltungen zu veranschaulichen und zu studieren (Kunst, Medizin, Sport)
Corpus desk
Index DE-gliederpuppe · Gliederpuppe · German
Gliederpuppe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | Gliederpuppe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡliːdɐˌpʊpə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gliederpuppe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gliederpuppe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡliːdɐˌpʊpə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bewegliche Puppe, die besonders dazu verwendet wird, bestimmte (menschliche) Körperhaltungen zu veranschaulichen und zu studieren (Kunst, Medizin, Sport)".
Gliederpuppe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling 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, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Gliederpuppe, spelled G-L-I-E-D-E-R-P-U-P-P-E.
Definition
- 1bewegliche Puppe, die besonders dazu verwendet wird, bestimmte (menschliche) Körperhaltungen zu veranschaulichen und zu studieren (Kunst, Medizin, Sport)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gliederpuppe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Kurz darauf entdeckte er im Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum die beweglichen altdeutschen Gliederpuppen, die einst Dürer als Modelle gedient hatten.“
„Als der Deckel aufgestemmt war, fiel das Stroh beiseite, Seidenpapier glitt herab, und die Gliederpuppe erschien.“
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.