Schnurlostelefon
[ˈʃnuːɐ̯loːsˌteːləfoːn]
The verdict
“Schnurlostelefon” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Telefon, bei dem der Hörer über Funk mit einer Basisstation in räumlicher Nähe verbunden ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-schnurlostelefon · Schnurlostelefon · German
Schnurlostelefon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Schnurlostelefon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃnuːɐ̯loːsˌteːləfoːn] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schnurlostelefon“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schnurlostelefon is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃnuːɐ̯loːsˌteːləfoːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Telefon, bei dem der Hörer über Funk mit einer Basisstation in räumlicher Nähe verbunden ist".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Schnurlostelefon, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schnurlostelefon, spelled S-C-H-N-U-R-L-O-S-T-E-L-E-F-O-N.
Definition
- 1Telefon, bei dem der Hörer über Funk mit einer Basisstation in räumlicher Nähe verbunden ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schnurlostelefon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Diese Uhr meldet dem jeweiligen Betreuer diskret auf sein Schnurlostelefon, wenn ein dementer Bewohner das Areal verlässt.“
„SHC macht zwei Drittel seiner Jahresumsätze in Höhe von zuletzt knapp 800 Millionen Euro mit den Gigaset-Schnurlostelefonen.“
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.