Schlawiner

[ʃlaˈviːnɐ]

/[ʃlaˈviːnɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Schlawiner” is an uncommon German word, ranked #80,888 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#80,888
frequency rank, German
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Person, die – in positiver oder oft in negativ bewerteter Weise – mit ihrem Verhalten gewisse Grenzen überschreitet

Key facts for Schlawiner
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchlawiner
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃlaˈviːnɐ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#80,888
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Schlawiner” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Schlawiner lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Schlawiner is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃlaˈviːnɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #80,888 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Person, die – in positiver oder oft in negativ bewerteter Weise – mit ihrem Verhalten gewisse Grenzen überschreitet".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Schlawiner, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Schlawiner, spelled S-C-H-L-A-W-I-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die – in positiver oder oft in negativ bewerteter Weise – mit ihrem Verhalten gewisse Grenzen überschreitet

Synonyms

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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 "Schlawiner"?
"Schlawiner" is spelled S-C-H-L-A-W-I-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃlaˈviːnɐ].
What does "Schlawiner" mean?
As a noun, "Schlawiner" means: Person, die – in positiver oder oft in negativ bewerteter Weise – mit ihrem Verhalten gewisse Grenzen überschreitet
How do you pronounce "Schlawiner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schlawiner" is [ʃlaˈviːnɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schlawiner" come from?
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Using “Schlawiner”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-L-A-W-I-N-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ʃlaˈviːnɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list