Schlaufen
[ˈʃlaʊ̯fn̩]
The verdict
“Schlaufen” is uncommon German (frequency #99,047 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,047
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Schlaufe
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlaufen · Schlaufen · German
Schlaufen · rank #99,047 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,047
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schkeuditz
Nearest frequency peer: Schkeuditz (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Schlaufen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- schimmernd
schimmernd
958 corpus weight
- Schkeuditz
Schkeuditz
955 corpus weight
- Schlaufen
Schlaufen
954 corpus weight
- schlenderten
schlenderten
953 corpus weight
- schlingern
schlingern
952 corpus weight
- Schlupfwink…
Schlupfwinkel
951 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Schlaufen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schlaufen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃlaʊ̯fn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #99,047 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Schlaufen” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Schlaufen is uncommon German at frequency #99,047 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃlaʊ̯fn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Schlaufen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Schlaufen, spelled S-C-H-L-A-U-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Schlaufe
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Schlaufe
- 3Dativ Plural des Substantivs Schlaufe
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Schlaufe
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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