Schlägel

[ˈʃlɛːɡl̩]

/[ˈʃlɛːɡl̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schlägel” is uncommon German (frequency #96,207 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,207
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Bergmannshammer

Corpus desk

Index DE-schlagel · Schlägel · German

Schlägel · rank #96,207 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,207
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schmackhaftes

Nearest frequency peer: schmackhaftes (+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 „Schlägel“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schlägel
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchlägel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃlɛːɡl̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#96,207
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schlägel“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schmackhaftes“ (#96,208), „Schlitzohr“ (#96,205), „schmiedete“ (#96,209). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schlägel“ bei #96,207. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schlägel is uncommon German at frequency #96,207 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃlɛːɡl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Schlägel in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Schlägel, spelled S-C-H-L-Ä-G-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein Bergmannshammer
  2. 2
    generell ein Schlagwerkzeug wie ein Holzhammer
  3. 3
    ein paarweise als Schlaginstrument verwendeter Holzstab

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der Bergmann arbeitete mit dem Schlägel.
  2. „Maschinen gibt es nicht. Schlägel und Eisen, Schaufel und Hacke müssen genügen. Und manchmal, erzählt Kumpel Höllering, sind es „mehr Menschen als Hacken“. Arbeitskleidung und Geleucht fehlen.“

Synonyms

Fäustel

This word in other languages

hammer(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 "Schlägel"?
"Schlägel" is spelled S-C-H-L-Ä-G-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃlɛːɡl̩].
What does "Schlägel" mean?
As a noun, "Schlägel" means: ein Bergmannshammer
How do you pronounce "Schlägel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schlägel" is [ˈʃlɛːɡl̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schlägel" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

schneite#96,212schwänzt#96,234Roheisen#96,171Revolten#96,161

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list