Schlafentzug

[ˈʃlaːfʔɛntˌt͡suːk]

/[ˈʃlaːfʔɛntˌt͡suːk]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schlafentzug” is uncommon German (frequency #72,895 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,895
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Wachhalten, Abhalten einer Person vom Schlafen

Corpus desk

Index DE-schlafentzug · Schlafentzug · German

Schlafentzug · rank #72,895 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,895
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schlafsäcke

Nearest frequency peer: Schlafsäcke (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Schlafentzug“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schlafentzug“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schlafentzug
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchlafentzug
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃlaːfʔɛntˌt͡suːk]
Letters12
Frequency rank#72,895
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schlafentzug“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Schlafentzugfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schlafsäcke“ (#72,896), „Scheffeln“ (#72,892), „Schmand“ (#72,898). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schlafentzug“ bei #72,895. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schlafentzug is uncommon German at frequency #72,895 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃlaːfʔɛntˌt͡suːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das Wachhalten, Abhalten einer Person vom Schlafen".

Schlafentzug doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Schlafentzug, spelled S-C-H-L-A-F-E-N-T-Z-U-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Wachhalten, Abhalten einer Person vom Schlafen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Verhörtechniken wie Schlafentzug, das Entkleiden der Gefangenen oder der einschüchternde Einsatz von Hunden seien Phänomene, die erst nach ihrem genehmigten Einsatz in Afghanistan und Guantanamo dann auch woanders angewendet worden seien.“
  2. „Durch viele Versuche konnte aber bewiesen werden, dass diese Stimmungsaufhellung auch bei depressiven Menschen sehr gut funktioniert. Deshalb wird bei ihnen der Schlafentzug als Therapie angewandt.“

This word in other languages

sleep deprivation(English)privation de sommeil(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schlafentzug"?
"Schlafentzug" is spelled S-C-H-L-A-F-E-N-T-Z-U-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃlaːfʔɛntˌt͡suːk].
What does "Schlafentzug" mean?
As a noun, "Schlafentzug" means: das Wachhalten, Abhalten einer Person vom Schlafen
How do you pronounce "Schlafentzug"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schlafentzug" is [ˈʃlaːfʔɛntˌt͡suːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schlafentzug" come from?
"Schlafentzug" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Schlafentzug", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

schmerzenden#72,899Schuldenlast#72,905Schwalmstadt#72,907schwingenden#72,911

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list