Schaluppe
[ʃaˈlʊpə]
The verdict
“Schaluppe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schiff für den küstennahen Verkehr
Corpus desk
Index DE-schaluppe · Schaluppe · German
Schaluppe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Schaluppe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃaˈlʊpə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schaluppe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schaluppe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃaˈlʊpə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Schaluppe in our 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.
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 Schaluppe, spelled S-C-H-A-L-U-P-P-E.
Definition
- 1Schiff für den küstennahen Verkehr
- 2als Beiboot verwendetes kleines Schiff
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schaluppe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Den Mittelpunkt des Marinebetriebes bildete das flußabwärts und ziemlich weit von der Stadt gelegene Gladstone Dock: es war schon mit Zerstörern und Schaluppen und mit den Korvetten, die jetzt in beträchtlicher Zahl von den Werften abliefen, überfüllt.“
„Als sie das Geld ausgezahlt hatten, lud William sie an Bord der Schaluppe, wohin sie auch kamen…“
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.