Salonlöwe
[zaˈlɔ̃ːˌløːvə]
The verdict
“Salonlöwe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eleganter Mann oder elegante Frau, der oder die gern im Mittelpunkt der Gesellschaft steht
Corpus desk
Index DE-salonlowe · Salonlöwe · German
Salonlöwe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Salonlöwe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zaˈlɔ̃ːˌløːvə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Salonlöwe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Salonlöwe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [zaˈlɔ̃ːˌløːvə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eleganter Mann oder elegante Frau, der oder die gern im Mittelpunkt der Gesellschaft steht".
No misspelling variants are generated for Salonlöwe in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Salonlöwe, spelled S-A-L-O-N-L-Ö-W-E.
Definition
- 1eleganter Mann oder elegante Frau, der oder die gern im Mittelpunkt der Gesellschaft steht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Salonlöwe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er ist auf jeder Party zu finden, ein richtiger Salonlöwe.
„Sein Logbuch aus diesen Tagen liest sich ein wenig wie das von Banks über Tahiti: der übersättigte Bericht eines eingefleischten Salonlöwen.“
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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.