Jammerlappen
[ˈjamɐˌlapn̩]
The verdict
“Jammerlappen” is an uncommon German word, ranked #68,370 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #68,370
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - wehleidige Person
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jammerlappen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈjamɐˌlapn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #68,370 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Jammerlappen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Jammerlappen is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈjamɐˌlapn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #68,370 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "wehleidige Person".
Jammerlappen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Jammerlappen, spelled J-A-M-M-E-R-L-A-P-P-E-N.
Definition
- 1wehleidige Person
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Jammerlappen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is J-A-M-M-E-R-L-A-P-P-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈjamɐˌlapn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.