schiefe Ebene

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The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency German
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ebene, die mit dem Grund einen Winkel zwischen 0° und 90° bildet

Corpus desk

Index DE-schiefe-ebene · schiefe Ebene · German

schiefe Ebene · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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 schiefe Ebene
PropertyValue
Headwordschiefe Ebene
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[…]
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schiefe Ebene“ im Deutschen

schiefe Ebenesitzt jenseits der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Formen, im Schwanz spezialisierten oder seltenen Wortschatzes.

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

Rare enough to double-check

schiefe Ebene is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for schiefe Ebene, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 schiefe Ebene, spelled S-C-H-I-E-F-E- -E-B-E-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ebene, die mit dem Grund einen Winkel zwischen 0° und 90° bildet
  2. 2
    eine Lage, die fast zwanghaft zu weiteren Verschlimmerungen führt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. An der schiefen Ebene erklärt man den Neulingen in der Physik oft das Kräfteparallelogramm, indem man die Gewichtskraft in den ebenenparallelen Hangabtrieb und eine dazu senkrechte Kraft zerlegt.
  2. Eine schiefe Ebene ist zum Beispiel eine Straße mit Steigung.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Circulus virtuosus

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 "schiefe Ebene"?
"schiefe Ebene" is spelled S-C-H-I-E-F-E- -E-B-E-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "schiefe Ebene" mean?
As a phrase, "schiefe Ebene" means: Ebene, die mit dem Grund einen Winkel zwischen 0° und 90° bildet
How do you pronounce "schiefe Ebene"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schiefe Ebene" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schiefe Ebene" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list