Schlaks
[ʃlaks]
The verdict
“Schlaks” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine besonders hochgewachsene und dabei schlanke männliche Person
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlaks · Schlaks · German
Schlaks · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | Schlaks |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃlaks] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schlaks“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schlaks is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃlaks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine besonders hochgewachsene und dabei schlanke männliche Person".
Schlaks doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Schlaks, spelled S-C-H-L-A-K-S.
Definition
- 1eine besonders hochgewachsene und dabei schlanke männliche Person
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schlaks appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Frauen werden normalerweise nicht als Schlakse bezeichnet.
„Die Rückbank endlich teilten sich ein älteres englisches Ehepaar, ein schläfenlockiger junger Schlaks im glänzenden schwarzen Kaftan, der unentwegt telefonierte, und ich, der das alles sah.“
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.