Sasse
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The verdict
“Sasse” is uncommon German (frequency #54,856 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,856
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grundbesitzer, Eigentümer; Bewohner, Einwohner
Corpus desk
Index DE-sasse · Sasse · German
Sasse · rank #54,856 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,856
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sandler
Nearest frequency peer: Sandler (-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 „Sasse“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- salzigen
salzigen
45,147 corpus weight
- Sandler
Sandler
45,146 corpus weight
- Sasse
Sasse
45,145 corpus weight
- Schanzen
Schanzen
45,143 corpus weight
- scharfem
scharfem
45,142 corpus weight
- Schlafes
Schlafes
45,141 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sasse“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sasse |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #54,856 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sasse“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sasse is uncommon German at frequency #54,856 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grundbesitzer, Eigentümer; Bewohner, Einwohner".
Sasse doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Sasse, spelled S-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Grundbesitzer, Eigentümer; Bewohner, Einwohner
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sasse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein Sasse ist ein Einwohner, wie man sagt ein Freysasse, einer der seine Wohnung frey hat, […]
[…] und jeder ohne Ausnahme sey ein Sasse, sofern er mit dem Seinigen zufrieden ist, […]
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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