Paukenschlag
[ˈpaʊ̯kn̩ˌʃlaːk]
The verdict
“Paukenschlag” is uncommon German (frequency #53,974 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,974
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Schlag auf eine Pauke
Corpus desk
Index DE-paukenschlag · Paukenschlag · German
Paukenschlag · rank #53,974 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,974
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Pelze
Nearest frequency peer: Pelze (+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 „Paukenschlag“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Partizip
Partizip
46,030 corpus weight
- Patentamt
Patentamt
46,029 corpus weight
- Paukenschlag
Paukenschlag
46,027 corpus weight
- Pelze
Pelze
46,026 corpus weight
- perspective
perspective
46,025 corpus weight
- peso
peso
46,024 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Paukenschlag“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Paukenschlag |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpaʊ̯kn̩ˌʃlaːk] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #53,974 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Paukenschlag“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Paukenschlag is uncommon German at frequency #53,974 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpaʊ̯kn̩ˌʃlaːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Paukenschlag doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Paukenschlag, spelled P-A-U-K-E-N-S-C-H-L-A-G.
Definition
- 1ein Schlag auf eine Pauke
- 2ein Aufsehen erregender Vorfall
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Paukenschlag appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Werk endet mit einem sehr lauten Paukenschlag.
„Seit Jahren dringt er auf die Absetzung der Geschäftsführung. Jetzt hat ihm das Landgericht Berlin recht gegeben. Es ist ein Paukenschlag, der alle erzittern lässt, denen das Schicksal des Suhrkamp Verlags am Herzen liegt.“
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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