Jodler
[ˈjoːdlɐ]
The verdict
“Jodler” is uncommon German (frequency #94,466 among 699 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,466
- frequency rank, German
- 699
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Musikstück, das gejodelt wird, also in einer speziellen Singweise dargeboten wird. Die Stimme schlägt dabei häufig von der Bruststimme in eine Fistel- oder Falsettstimme um.
Corpus desk
Index DE-jodler · Jodler · German
Jodler · rank #94,466 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,466
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 699
- PHOTO-FINISH Jogginganzug
Nearest frequency peer: Jogginganzug (+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 „Jodler“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- iVm
iVm
5,540 corpus weight
- Jentzsch
Jentzsch
5,537 corpus weight
- Jodler
Jodler
5,535 corpus weight
- Jogginganzug
Jogginganzug
5,534 corpus weight
- Journale
Journale
5,532 corpus weight
- Juju
Juju
5,530 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Jodler“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jodler |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈjoːdlɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #94,466 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Jodler“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Jodler is uncommon German at frequency #94,466 among 699 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈjoːdlɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Jodler in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Jodler, spelled J-O-D-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1ein Musikstück, das gejodelt wird, also in einer speziellen Singweise dargeboten wird. Die Stimme schlägt dabei häufig von der Bruststimme in eine Fistel- oder Falsettstimme um.
- 2eine Person, die jodelt, eben in einer ganz bestimmten Weise singt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Jodler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ursprüngliche Jodler wurden oft solistisch praktiziert, die meisten Jodel-Lieder sind mehrstimmig und scheinen häufig als Kehr- und Schluss-Refrain von Volksliedern auf.“
Der ursprüngliche, feinsinnige Jodler aus Karl Ganzers Kufsteinlied wurde durch den heute weltbekannten Bierzelt-Jodler ersetzt.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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