Sanduhr
[ˈzantˌʔuːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Sanduhr” is uncommon German (frequency #65,643 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,643
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zeitmessgerät, in dem feiner Sand in einem festgelegten Intervall von einem oberen in ein unteres Gefäß rieselt
Corpus desk
Index DE-sanduhr · Sanduhr · German
Sanduhr · rank #65,643 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,643
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH sammelst
Nearest frequency peer: sammelst (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Sanduhr“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Saftladen
Saftladen
34,362 corpus weight
- sahst
sahst
34,361 corpus weight
- sammelst
sammelst
34,359 corpus weight
- Sanduhr
Sanduhr
34,358 corpus weight
- Satiren
Satiren
34,357 corpus weight
- sauberem
sauberem
34,355 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sanduhr“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sanduhr“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sanduhr is uncommon German at frequency #65,643 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzantˌʔuːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sanduhr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Mittelalter gab es außer den Turmuhren nur Sanduhren.
„Er stand auf, nahm die Sanduhr vom Kaminsims, und drehte sie um.“
Synonyms
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); 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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