losschrauben
[ˈloːsˌʃʁaʊ̯bn̩]
The verdict
“losschrauben” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (durch Drehen einer oder mehrerer Schrauben) einen Gegenstand von etwas lösen
Corpus desk
Index DE-losschrauben · losschrauben · German
losschrauben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | losschrauben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈloːsˌʃʁaʊ̯bn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „losschrauben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
losschrauben is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈloːsˌʃʁaʊ̯bn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(durch Drehen einer oder mehrerer Schrauben) einen Gegenstand von etwas lösen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for losschrauben in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 losschrauben, spelled L-O-S-S-C-H-R-A-U-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1(durch Drehen einer oder mehrerer Schrauben) einen Gegenstand von etwas lösen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how losschrauben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein Reifenhändler schraubt vier Autoräder in zwei Minuten los.
Als meine Tochter vier wurde und selber Fahrrad fuhr, schraubte ich ihren Kindersitz von meinem Fahrrad los.
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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.