Schluff
[ʃlʊf]
The verdict
“Schluff” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bodenart, die zu mindestens 95 % aus Teilchen mit einem Korndurchmesser von 0,06 bis 0,002 mm besteht
Corpus desk
Index DE-schluff · Schluff · German
Schluff · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | Schluff |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃlʊf] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schluff“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schluff is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃlʊf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bodenart, die zu mindestens 95 % aus Teilchen mit einem Korndurchmesser von 0,06 bis 0,002 mm besteht".
Schluff doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Schluff, spelled S-C-H-L-U-F-F.
Definition
- 1Bodenart, die zu mindestens 95 % aus Teilchen mit einem Korndurchmesser von 0,06 bis 0,002 mm besteht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schluff appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Schluff ist feiner als Sand und gröber als Ton.
Synonyms
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.