Salzlake
[ˈzalt͡sˌlaːkə]
The verdict
“Salzlake” 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) - Lösung aus Salz, Wasser und eventuell weiteren Gewürzen zum Einlegen von Lebensmitteln
Corpus desk
Index DE-salzlake · Salzlake · German
Salzlake · 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 | Salzlake |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzalt͡sˌlaːkə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Salzlake“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Salzlake is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzalt͡sˌlaːkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lösung aus Salz, Wasser und eventuell weiteren Gewürzen zum Einlegen von Lebensmitteln".
Salzlake has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Salzlake, spelled S-A-L-Z-L-A-K-E.
Definition
- 1Lösung aus Salz, Wasser und eventuell weiteren Gewürzen zum Einlegen von Lebensmitteln
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Salzlake appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Diese aus der Oberfläche der Salzlake herausragenden Käse bedeckt man mit einem feuchten Tuch, dessen Enden in die Salzlaken hineinhängen.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.