Schöpflöffel
[ˈʃœp͡fˌlœfl̩]
The verdict
“Schöpflöffel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - großes löffelähnliches Küchengerät
Corpus desk
Index DE-schopfloffel · Schöpflöffel · German
Schöpflöffel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Schöpflöffel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃœp͡fˌlœfl̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schöpflöffel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schöpflöffel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃœp͡fˌlœfl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "großes löffelähnliches Küchengerät".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Schöpflöffel, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Schöpflöffel, spelled S-C-H-Ö-P-F-L-Ö-F-F-E-L.
Definition
- 1großes löffelähnliches Küchengerät
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schöpflöffel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bohnen und Spargel ins kochende Wasser geben und 3 Minuten simmern lassen, dann mit einem Schöpflöffel herausnehmen und in eine große Schüssel geben.“
„Mit hochkonzentriertem Gesicht wühlt sie in der Besteckschublade und zieht nach kurzem Suchen einen Schöpflöffel heraus, den sie schnell neben dem blubbernden Eintopf ablegt.“
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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.