Jolle
[ˈjɔlə]
The verdict
“Jolle” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleines formstabiles, offenes Segelboot; ursprünglich Beiboot von segelnden Arbeits- und Frachtschiffen, heute vorwiegend als Sport- und Trainingsboot im Einsatz
Corpus desk
Index DE-jolle · Jolle · German
Jolle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 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 | Jolle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈjɔlə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Jolle“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Jolle is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈjɔlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Jolle doesn't appear in our generated misspelling 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, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Jolle, spelled J-O-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1kleines formstabiles, offenes Segelboot; ursprünglich Beiboot von segelnden Arbeits- und Frachtschiffen, heute vorwiegend als Sport- und Trainingsboot im Einsatz
- 2Joint (mit Haschisch oder Marihuana gedrehte Zigarette)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Jolle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auf Binnengewässern segelt man meist mit Jollen.
Im Gegensatz zur offenen Jolle gibt es den Jollenkreuzer, der als Aufbau eine Kajüte mit meist zwei Schlafplätzen und zusätzliche Stauplätze hat.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.