Salzkorn
[ˈzalt͡sˌkɔʁn]
The verdict
“Salzkorn” 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, festes Teilchen Salz; kleiner Salzkristall
Corpus desk
Index DE-salzkorn · Salzkorn · German
Salzkorn · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Salzkorn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzalt͡sˌkɔʁn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Salzkorn“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Salzkorn is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzalt͡sˌkɔʁn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleines, festes Teilchen Salz; kleiner Salzkristall".
Salzkorn doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists 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 Salzkorn, spelled S-A-L-Z-K-O-R-N.
Definition
- 1kleines, festes Teilchen Salz; kleiner Salzkristall
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Salzkorn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„An der Hand einer Farbenskala kann man sich über den ungefähren Jodgehalt eines Jodsalzes augenblicklich orientieren. Mit dieser Reaktion ist es nach Eggenberger möglich, unter günstigen Umständen in einem Salzkorne noch ein γ Jod dem Auge sichtbar zu machen.“
„Am 6. April 1930 erreichte er den Strand bei Dandi in Gujarat und machte sich durch das Auflesen eines Salzkorns strafbar.“
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.