Sauhaufen
[ˈzaʊ̯ˌhaʊ̯fm̩]
The verdict
“Sauhaufen” is uncommon German (frequency #97,635 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,635
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Unordnung, ein Müllberg
Corpus desk
Index DE-sauhaufen · Sauhaufen · German
Sauhaufen · rank #97,635 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,635
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Saubermann
Nearest frequency peer: Saubermann (-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 „Sauhaufen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- santé
santé
2,370 corpus weight
- sattes
sattes
2,368 corpus weight
- Saubermann
Saubermann
2,367 corpus weight
- Sauhaufen
Sauhaufen
2,366 corpus weight
- Schabe
Schabe
2,364 corpus weight
- Schandtat
Schandtat
2,362 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sauhaufen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sauhaufen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzaʊ̯ˌhaʊ̯fm̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #97,635 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sauhaufen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sauhaufen is uncommon German at frequency #97,635 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzaʊ̯ˌhaʊ̯fm̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Sauhaufen has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Sauhaufen, spelled S-A-U-H-A-U-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Unordnung, ein Müllberg
- 2grobe Beleidigung gegenüber einer Gruppe
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sauhaufen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Machen Sie den Sauhaufen Ihres Sohnes von meinem liebevoll gepflegten englischen Rasen weg.
Der Sauhaufen hat gestern so laut Party gemacht, dass ich nicht schlafen konnte.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).