Sauerbraten
[ˈzaʊ̯ɐˌbʁaːtn̩]
The verdict
“Sauerbraten” is uncommon German (frequency #84,506 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,506
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - geschmorter Braten, der zuvor in einer sauren Marinade eingelegt wurde
Corpus desk
Index DE-sauerbraten · Sauerbraten · German
Sauerbraten · rank #84,506 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,506
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Saunen
Nearest frequency peer: Saunen (+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 „Sauerbraten“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- sandale
sandale
15,499 corpus weight
- Sandsäcke
Sandsäcke
15,498 corpus weight
- Saragossa
Saragossa
15,497 corpus weight
- Sauerbraten
Sauerbraten
15,495 corpus weight
- Saunen
Saunen
15,494 corpus weight
- saust
saust
15,493 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sauerbraten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sauerbraten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzaʊ̯ɐˌbʁaːtn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #84,506 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sauerbraten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sauerbraten is uncommon German at frequency #84,506 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzaʊ̯ɐˌbʁaːtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "geschmorter Braten, der zuvor in einer sauren Marinade eingelegt wurde".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Sauerbraten, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Sauerbraten, spelled S-A-U-E-R-B-R-A-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1geschmorter Braten, der zuvor in einer sauren Marinade eingelegt wurde
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sauerbraten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sauerbraten ist durch das tagelange Marinieren besonders mürbe.
„Frau Schmulevitch hatte sich sichtlich Mühe gegeben: der Sauerbraten war erstklassig, ebenso die Klöße.“
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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