Schäfchenwolke

[ˈʃɛːfçənˌvɔlkə]

/[ˈʃɛːfçənˌvɔlkə]/ noun

The verdict

“Schäfchenwolke” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - meist weiße Wolke, die sich in großer Höhe befindet und die durchscheinend ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-schafchenwolke · Schäfchenwolke · German

Schäfchenwolke · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 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.

Key facts for Schäfchenwolke
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchäfchenwolke
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃɛːfçənˌvɔlkə]
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schäfchenwolke“ im Deutschen

Schäfchenwolkeschafft es nicht in die Top 100.000 des Deutschen: Zone für Fach-, Alt- oder Seltenwortschatz.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schäfchenwolke is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃɛːfçənˌvɔlkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "meist weiße Wolke, die sich in großer Höhe befindet und die durchscheinend ist".

Schäfchenwolke has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schäfchenwolke, spelled S-C-H-Ä-F-C-H-E-N-W-O-L-K-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    meist weiße Wolke, die sich in großer Höhe befindet und die durchscheinend ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Schäfchenwolke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Der Himmel war voll glänzend weißer Schäfchenwolken.“
  2. „Mein Blick folgte den Schäfchenwolken im sonst klaren Blau über uns.“

Synonyms

CirrocumulusZirrokumulusLämmerwolke

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schäfchenwolke"?
"Schäfchenwolke" is spelled S-C-H-Ä-F-C-H-E-N-W-O-L-K-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃɛːfçənˌvɔlkə].
What does "Schäfchenwolke" mean?
As a noun, "Schäfchenwolke" means: meist weiße Wolke, die sich in großer Höhe befindet und die durchscheinend ist
How do you pronounce "Schäfchenwolke"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schäfchenwolke" is [ˈʃɛːfçənˌvɔlkə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schäfchenwolke" come from?
"Schäfchenwolke" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list