Schallwort
[ˈʃalˌvɔʁt]
The verdict
“Schallwort” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wort, das Lautmalerei verwendet, das den Klang von etwas/seiner Bedeutung nachahmt
Corpus desk
Index DE-schallwort · Schallwort · German
Schallwort · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Schallwort |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃalˌvɔʁt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schallwort“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schallwort is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃalˌvɔʁt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wort, das Lautmalerei verwendet, das den Klang von etwas/seiner Bedeutung nachahmt".
Zero misspellings are on record for Schallwort in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schallwort, spelled S-C-H-A-L-L-W-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Wort, das Lautmalerei verwendet, das den Klang von etwas/seiner Bedeutung nachahmt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schallwort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quetschen macht als Schallwort das Geräusch nach, das beim Quetschen entsteht.
Synonyms
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.