Säuferin
[ˈzɔɪ̯fəʁɪn]
The verdict
“Säuferin” 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) - weibliche Person, die alkoholabhängig ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-sauferin · Säuferin · German
Säuferin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Säuferin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzɔɪ̯fəʁɪn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Säuferin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Säuferin is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɔɪ̯fəʁɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weibliche Person, die alkoholabhängig ist".
Säuferin doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Säuferin, spelled S-Ä-U-F-E-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1weibliche Person, die alkoholabhängig ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Säuferin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seit diesem Schicksalsschlag ist sie zur Säuferin geworden.
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.