Glottisschlag
[ˈɡlɔtɪsˌʃlaːk]
The verdict
“Glottisschlag” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - stimmloser, glottaler Verschlusslaut, der im Deutschen vor Vokalen gebildet wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-glottisschlag · Glottisschlag · German
Glottisschlag · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Glottisschlag |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡlɔtɪsˌʃlaːk] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Glottisschlag“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Glottisschlag is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡlɔtɪsˌʃlaːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "stimmloser, glottaler Verschlusslaut, der im Deutschen vor Vokalen gebildet wird".
Zero misspellings are on record for Glottisschlag in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Glottisschlag, spelled G-L-O-T-T-I-S-S-C-H-L-A-G.
Definition
- 1stimmloser, glottaler Verschlusslaut, der im Deutschen vor Vokalen gebildet wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Glottisschlag appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zwischen The-ater ist eine kleine Sprechpause und vor dem a knackt es ganz leise beim Sprechen. Dieser Knacklaut wird Glottisschlag genannt.
Der Glottisschlag kommt auch in der geschlechtergerechten – und inklusiven Sprache zur Anwendung, wenn das Gender-Sternchen, der Unterstrich oder der Doppelpunkt als kurze Pause innerhalb des Wortes ausgesprochen wird: Kolleg*innen, Mitarbeiter_innen oder Teilnehmer:innen.
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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.