Schindel
[ˈʃɪndl̩]
The verdict
“Schindel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Brettchen zum Eindecken eines Daches, Verkleiden einer Außenwand
Corpus desk
Index DE-schindel · Schindel · German
Schindel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Schindel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃɪndl̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schindel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schindel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃɪndl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Brettchen zum Eindecken eines Daches, Verkleiden einer Außenwand".
No misspelling variants are generated for Schindel in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schindel, spelled S-C-H-I-N-D-E-L.
Definition
- 1Brettchen zum Eindecken eines Daches, Verkleiden einer Außenwand
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schindel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In unserer Siedlung sind keine Dächer mit Schindeln gedeckt.
„Die Kirche war mit Schindeln gedeckt, und auf dem Dach war ein Storchennest, wohl noch vom letzten Jahr, also unbewohnt.“
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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.