jählings
[ˈjɛːlɪŋs]
The verdict
“jählings” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - abrupt, heftig und unerwartet
Corpus desk
Index DE-jahlings · jählings · German
jählings · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" 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 | jählings |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈjɛːlɪŋs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „jählings“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
jählings is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ˈjɛːlɪŋs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
jählings has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is jählings, spelled J-Ä-H-L-I-N-G-S.
Definition
- 1abrupt, heftig und unerwartet
- 2steil abfallend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jählings appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Sturm fegte jählings über die Insel.
Die Wasser stürzen jählings in die Tiefe.
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.