schlankweg
[ˈʃlaŋkvɛk]
The verdict
“schlankweg” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne lange Überlegung, ohne Zögern, direkt und offen
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlankweg · schlankweg · German
schlankweg · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | schlankweg |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈʃlaŋkvɛk] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schlankweg“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schlankweg is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ˈʃlaŋkvɛk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ohne lange Überlegung, ohne Zögern, direkt und offen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for schlankweg, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is schlankweg, spelled S-C-H-L-A-N-K-W-E-G.
Definition
- 1ohne lange Überlegung, ohne Zögern, direkt und offen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how schlankweg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„War es nicht ein deutsches Blatt gewesen, das die Griechen schlankweg als korrupt und faul dargestellt habe, selbst schuld an der Misere?“
Synonyms
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.