Schlaufe
[ˈʃlaʊ̯fə]
The verdict
“Schlaufe” is uncommon German (frequency #71,812 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,812
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ring aus biegsamen Material (Leder, Stoff, Schnur)
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlaufe · Schlaufe · German
Schlaufe · rank #71,812 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,812
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schlechterer
Nearest frequency peer: schlechterer (+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 „Schlaufe“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schlagersän…
Schlagersängerin
28,192 corpus weight
- Schlagloch
Schlagloch
28,191 corpus weight
- Schlaufe
Schlaufe
28,189 corpus weight
- schlechterer
schlechterer
28,188 corpus weight
- schlenker
schlenker
28,187 corpus weight
- schliefst
schliefst
28,186 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schlaufe“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schlaufe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃlaʊ̯fə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #71,812 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schlaufe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schlaufe is uncommon German at frequency #71,812 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃlaʊ̯fə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ring aus biegsamen Material (Leder, Stoff, Schnur)".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Schlaufe in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Schlaufe, spelled S-C-H-L-A-U-F-E.
Definition
- 1Ring aus biegsamen Material (Leder, Stoff, Schnur)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schlaufe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Man muss nur den Nippel aus der Schlaufe ziehen.
„Ich machte den Hosengürtel auf, zog ihn aus den Schlaufen, nahm ihn doppelt und ging um den Schreibtisch herum.“
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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