Schleifer

[ˈʃlaɪ̯fɐ]

/[ˈʃlaɪ̯fɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schleifer” is uncommon German (frequency #61,898 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,898
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Trainer beziehungsweise Ausbilder, der Sportler beziehungsweise Rekruten hart trainieren lässt

Corpus desk

Index DE-schleifer · Schleifer · German

Schleifer · rank #61,898 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,898
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schlechteres

Nearest frequency peer: schlechteres (-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 „Schleifer“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schleifer“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schleifer
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchleifer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃlaɪ̯fɐ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#61,898
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schleifer“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Schleiferfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schlechteres“ (#61,897), „Schlittschuhe“ (#61,900), „Schaltern“ (#61,895). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schleifer“ bei #61,898. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schleifer is uncommon German at frequency #61,898 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃlaɪ̯fɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Trainer beziehungsweise Ausbilder, der Sportler beziehungsweise Rekruten hart trainieren lässt".

Schleifer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Schleifer, spelled S-C-H-L-E-I-F-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Trainer beziehungsweise Ausbilder, der Sportler beziehungsweise Rekruten hart trainieren lässt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Schleifer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Ausbilder war als ein übler Schleifer bekannt.
  2. „Es ist halb drei; der Schleifer vieler Generationen unglücklicher Rekruten muß also schwer geladen haben.“

Synonyms

Schinder

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 "Schleifer"?
"Schleifer" is spelled S-C-H-L-E-I-F-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃlaɪ̯fɐ].
What does "Schleifer" mean?
As a noun, "Schleifer" means: Trainer beziehungsweise Ausbilder, der Sportler beziehungsweise Rekruten hart trainieren lässt
How do you pronounce "Schleifer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schleifer" is [ˈʃlaɪ̯fɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schleifer" come from?
"Schleifer" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Schleifer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schaltern#61,895Schlüssen#61,902Salamanca#61,890schroffen#61,909

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list