schlussfolgern
[ˈʃlʊsˌfɔlɡɐn]
The verdict
“schlussfolgern” is uncommon German (frequency #70,771 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,771
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus bekannten Informationen eine These entwickeln
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlussfolgern · schlussfolgern · German
schlussfolgern · rank #70,771 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,771
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schlummer
Nearest frequency peer: Schlummer (-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 „schlussfolgern“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- schleif
schleif
29,233 corpus weight
- Schleusingen
Schleusingen
29,232 corpus weight
- Schlummer
Schlummer
29,231 corpus weight
- schlussfolg…
schlussfolgern
29,230 corpus weight
- schmackhafte
schmackhafte
29,229 corpus weight
- schmalem
schmalem
29,228 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „schlussfolgern“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schlussfolgern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃlʊsˌfɔlɡɐn] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #70,771 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schlussfolgern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schlussfolgern is uncommon German at frequency #70,771 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃlʊsˌfɔlɡɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus bekannten Informationen eine These entwickeln".
schlussfolgern has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 schlussfolgern, spelled S-C-H-L-U-S-S-F-O-L-G-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1aus bekannten Informationen eine These entwickeln
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schlussfolgern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Einige Wissenschaftler wiederum schlussfolgerten, dass das ungenaue Kopieren dem Jäger eine Wespen- und Bienenvielfalt vermittle und ihn so verunsichere.“
„Der ontologische Gottesbeweis schlussfolgert aus dem bloßen Gedanken oder Begriff ‚Gott’, d. h. a priori, auf die Existenz Gottes.“
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); 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).