Jammerlappen
[ˈjamɐˌlapn̩]
The verdict
“Jammerlappen” is uncommon German (frequency #68,370 among 699 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,370
- frequency rank, German
- 699
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wehleidige Person
Corpus desk
Index DE-jammerlappen · Jammerlappen · German
Jammerlappen · rank #68,370 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,370
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 699
- PHOTO-FINISH Janosch
Nearest frequency peer: Janosch (+1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Jammerlappen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- irreparabel
irreparabel
31,635 corpus weight
- isles
isles
31,634 corpus weight
- Jahresbilanz
Jahresbilanz
31,633 corpus weight
- Jammerlappen
Jammerlappen
31,631 corpus weight
- Janosch
Janosch
31,630 corpus weight
- Jazzmusik
Jazzmusik
31,627 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Jammerlappen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Jammerlappen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Jammerlappen is uncommon German at frequency #68,370 among 699 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈjamɐˌlapn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Jammerlappen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Du bist mal wieder so ein richtiger Jammerlappen.
„Lisa, dieser Typ ist ein Jammerlappen, schick den zum Teufel!“
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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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