Sanduhr
[ˈzantˌʔuːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Sanduhr” is an uncommon German word, ranked #65,643 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #65,643
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zeitmessgerät, in dem feiner Sand in einem festgelegten Intervall von einem oberen in ein unteres Gefäß rieselt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sanduhr |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzantˌʔuːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #65,643 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sanduhr” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Sanduhr is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzantˌʔuːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #65,643 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Zeitmessgerät, in dem feiner Sand in einem festgelegten Intervall von einem oberen in ein unteres Gefäß rieselt".
Sanduhr has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Sanduhr, spelled S-A-N-D-U-H-R.
Definition
- 1Zeitmessgerät, in dem feiner Sand in einem festgelegten Intervall von einem oberen in ein unteres Gefäß rieselt
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Sanduhr”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-A-N-D-U-H-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈzantˌʔuːɐ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.