Sägespan
[ˈzɛːɡəˌʃpaːn]
The verdict
“Sägespan” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleines Holzteilchen, das als Abfall bei der Holzbearbeitung entsteht
Corpus desk
Index DE-sagespan · Sägespan · German
Sägespan · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Sägespan |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzɛːɡəˌʃpaːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sägespan“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sägespan is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɛːɡəˌʃpaːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleines Holzteilchen, das als Abfall bei der Holzbearbeitung entsteht".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Sägespan, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Sägespan, spelled S-Ä-G-E-S-P-A-N.
Definition
- 1kleines Holzteilchen, das als Abfall bei der Holzbearbeitung entsteht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sägespan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sägespäne sind eine gute Unterlage für Erdbeerbeete.
„Die Sägespäne erstickten das Geräusch der Schritte, und die dicken Mauern schirmten jeden Ton von draußen ab.“
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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.