Schlafwandler

[ˈʃlaːfˌvandlɐ]

/[ˈʃlaːfˌvandlɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schlafwandler” is uncommon German (frequency #85,804 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,804
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die schlafwandelt, das heißt, im Schlaf herumgeht, ohne sich später daran zu erinnern

Corpus desk

Index DE-schlafwandler · Schlafwandler · German

Schlafwandler · rank #85,804 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,804
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schlaflied

Nearest frequency peer: Schlaflied (-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 „Schlafwandler“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schlafwandler
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchlafwandler
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃlaːfˌvandlɐ]
Letters13
Frequency rank#85,804
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schlafwandler“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Schlafwandlerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schlaflied“ (#85,803), „Schlepperei“ (#85,805), „Schlesier“ (#85,806). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schlafwandler“ bei #85,804. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schlafwandler is uncommon German at frequency #85,804 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃlaːfˌvandlɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die schlafwandelt, das heißt, im Schlaf herumgeht, ohne sich später daran zu erinnern".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Schlafwandler, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Schlafwandler, spelled S-C-H-L-A-F-W-A-N-D-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die schlafwandelt, das heißt, im Schlaf herumgeht, ohne sich später daran zu erinnern

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Giacomo Bertini machte die ganze Zeit über den Eindruck eines Schlafwandlers.“
  2. „Eines Nachts hatte er sich wie ein Schlafwandler mit einem der Stricke, deren man sich zum Gewehrreinigen bedient, auf den Boden geschlichen und dort einen kräftigen Balken ausgesucht.“

Synonyms

MondsüchtigerNachtwandlerSomnambulerTraumwandler

This word in other languages

sleepwalker(English)

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 "Schlafwandler"?
"Schlafwandler" is spelled S-C-H-L-A-F-W-A-N-D-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃlaːfˌvandlɐ].
What does "Schlafwandler" mean?
As a noun, "Schlafwandler" means: Person, die schlafwandelt, das heißt, im Schlaf herumgeht, ohne sich später daran zu erinnern
How do you pronounce "Schlafwandler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schlafwandler" is [ˈʃlaːfˌvandlɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schlafwandler" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list