Ohrläppchen

[ˈoːɐ̯ˌlɛpçən]

/[ˈoːɐ̯ˌlɛpçən]/ noun

The verdict

“Ohrläppchen” is uncommon German (frequency #59,047 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,047
frequency rank, German
1,007
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unterer, zipfelartiger Teil des (menschlichen) Außenohrs

Corpus desk

Index DE-ohrlappchen · Ohrläppchen · German

Ohrläppchen · rank #59,047 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,047
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,007
  • PHOTO-FINISH Offerten

Nearest frequency peer: Offerten (-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 „Ohrläppchen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ohrläppchen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ohrläppchen
PropertyValue
HeadwordOhrläppchen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈoːɐ̯ˌlɛpçən]
Letters11
Frequency rank#59,047
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ohrläppchen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Ohrläppchenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Offerten“ (#59,046), „Oka“ (#59,048), „OEM“ (#59,045). Unter 1,007 „O“-Lemmata liegt „Ohrläppchen“ bei #59,047. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ohrläppchen is uncommon German at frequency #59,047 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈoːɐ̯ˌlɛpçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unterer, zipfelartiger Teil des (menschlichen) Außenohrs".

Ohrläppchen has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Ohrläppchen, spelled O-H-R-L-Ä-P-P-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    unterer, zipfelartiger Teil des (menschlichen) Außenohrs

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Ohrläppchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Blutabnahme über das Ohrläppchen wird besonders bei Kindern angewandt, da dort kaum Nervenzellen vorhanden sind, wodurch der Schmerz des Einstiches gemindert wird.
  2. „Warum, warum machten sie das mit Schrella, stellten ihm ein Bein, wenn er zur Pause die Treppe hinunterging; er schlug mit dem Kopf auf die stählerne Treppenkante, der Stahlbügel der Brille bohrte sich ins Ohrläppchen, und viel zu spät kam Wackes mit dem Erste-Hilfe-Kasten aus dem Lehrerzimmer.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ohrläppchen"?
"Ohrläppchen" is spelled O-H-R-L-Ä-P-P-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈoːɐ̯ˌlɛpçən].
What does "Ohrläppchen" mean?
As a noun, "Ohrläppchen" means: unterer, zipfelartiger Teil des (menschlichen) Außenohrs
How do you pronounce "Ohrläppchen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ohrläppchen" is [ˈoːɐ̯ˌlɛpçən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ohrläppchen" come from?
"Ohrläppchen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ohrläppchen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list