Schleppnetz
[ˈʃlɛpˌnɛt͡s]
The verdict
“Schleppnetz” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein von einem oder zwei Booten gezogener, großer, trichterförmiger Netzsack als Fischfanggerät in der Seefischerei
Corpus desk
Index DE-schleppnetz · Schleppnetz · German
Schleppnetz · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schleppnetz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃlɛpˌnɛt͡s] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schleppnetz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schleppnetz is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃlɛpˌnɛt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein von einem oder zwei Booten gezogener, großer, trichterförmiger Netzsack als Fischfanggerät in der Seefischerei".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Schleppnetz, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable 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 Schleppnetz, spelled S-C-H-L-E-P-P-N-E-T-Z.
Definition
- 1ein von einem oder zwei Booten gezogener, großer, trichterförmiger Netzsack als Fischfanggerät in der Seefischerei
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schleppnetz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das pelagische Schleppnetz ist heute neben dem Grundschleppnetz das meistverwendete Fanggerät in der Hochseefischerei.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.