Schlafkammer
[ˈʃlaːfˌkamɐ]
The verdict
“Schlafkammer” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleiner Raum, der zum Schlafen bestimmt ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlafkammer · Schlafkammer · German
Schlafkammer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | Schlafkammer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃlaːfˌkamɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schlafkammer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schlafkammer is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃlaːfˌkamɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleiner Raum, der zum Schlafen bestimmt ist".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Schlafkammer in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Schlafkammer, spelled S-C-H-L-A-F-K-A-M-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1kleiner Raum, der zum Schlafen bestimmt ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schlafkammer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Anfangs schlief er gemeinsam mit den anderen in der Schlafkammer, als Toko aber sah, wie unangenehm dem weißen Mann ihre unmittelbare Nachbarschaft war, teilte er im Tschottagin einen kleinen Verschlag für ihn ab, ein Mittelding zwischen Hundehütte und Kammer.“
„Mahorka war für mich Heimat, ich war in einer Großfamilie aufgewachsen, neun Personen in einer Küche und einer unbeheizbaren Schlafkammer, die Wände im Winter vereist und nur in der Küche ein Ofen.“
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.