Rasierklinge
[ʁaˈziːɐ̯ˌklɪŋə]
The verdict
“Rasierklinge” is uncommon German (frequency #71,758 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,758
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - besonders scharfer Teil des Messers, der zum glatten Abschneiden von Haaren (zum Beispiel: Bartwuchs bei Männern; Beinbehaarung bei Frauen) verwendet wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rasierklinge |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁaˈziːɐ̯ˌklɪŋə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #71,758 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rasierklinge” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Rasierklinge is uncommon German at frequency #71,758 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁaˈziːɐ̯ˌklɪŋə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Rasierklinge, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Rasierklinge, spelled R-A-S-I-E-R-K-L-I-N-G-E.
Definition
- 1besonders scharfer Teil des Messers, der zum glatten Abschneiden von Haaren (zum Beispiel: Bartwuchs bei Männern; Beinbehaarung bei Frauen) verwendet wird
- 2sehr dünnes und scharfes Metallplättchen, das Teil eines Rasierapparates ist, mit derselben Funktion wie [1]
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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Using “Rasierklinge”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-A-S-I-E-R-K-L-I-N-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʁaˈziːɐ̯ˌklɪŋə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.