Schlendrian
[ˈʃlɛndʁiaːn]
The verdict
“Schlendrian” is uncommon German (frequency #94,827 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,827
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - träges, nachlässiges Arbeitsverhalten, bei dem manches/vieles, was für notwendig erachtet wird, zu kurz kommt
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlendrian · Schlendrian · German
Schlendrian · rank #94,827 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,827
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schlagerstar
Nearest frequency peer: Schlagerstar (-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 „Schlendrian“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schlafmütze
Schlafmütze
5,177 corpus weight
- Schlagerstar
Schlagerstar
5,175 corpus weight
- Schlendrian
Schlendrian
5,174 corpus weight
- Schlussberi…
Schlussbericht
5,173 corpus weight
- Schlussverk…
Schlussverkauf
5,172 corpus weight
- schlürft
schlürft
5,171 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schlendrian“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schlendrian |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃlɛndʁiaːn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #94,827 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schlendrian“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schlendrian is uncommon German at frequency #94,827 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃlɛndʁiaːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "träges, nachlässiges Arbeitsverhalten, bei dem manches/vieles, was für notwendig erachtet wird, zu kurz kommt".
No misspelling variants are generated for Schlendrian in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Schlendrian, spelled S-C-H-L-E-N-D-R-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1träges, nachlässiges Arbeitsverhalten, bei dem manches/vieles, was für notwendig erachtet wird, zu kurz kommt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schlendrian appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dabei war es nur der übliche Schlendrian bei einem von den Behörden nicht richtig beaufsichtigten privaten Stromunternehmen, der das Chaos auslöste.“
„Ein derartiger Schlendrian entzückte sie anfangs, dann aber fanden sie ihn dumm, denn der Verfasser macht sein Werk selber zunichte, wenn er sich mit seiner Person darin breitmacht.“
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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