sackleinen
[ˈzakˌlaɪ̯nən]
The verdict
“sackleinen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus Sackleinen (Sackleinwand) bestehend/gemacht
Corpus desk
Index DE-sackleinen · sackleinen · German
sackleinen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | sackleinen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈzakˌlaɪ̯nən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sackleinen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sackleinen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈzakˌlaɪ̯nən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus Sackleinen (Sackleinwand) bestehend/gemacht".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sackleinen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is sackleinen, spelled S-A-C-K-L-E-I-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1aus Sackleinen (Sackleinwand) bestehend/gemacht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sackleinen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Allerorten, vom Dattelverkäufer bis zu den Fleischbänken, schwirrten Scharen von Fliegen gleich Stäubchen in den schmalen Sonnenstreifen, die durch die Ritzen und Löcher der hölzernen und sackleinenen Schutzdächer bis in die dunkelsten Winkel der Buden stachen.“
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.