Schraffe
[ˈʃʁafə]
The verdict
“Schraffe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Strich aus mehreren parallelen Strichen
Corpus desk
Index DE-schraffe · Schraffe · German
Schraffe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Schraffe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃʁafə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schraffe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schraffe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃʁafə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Schraffe, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Schraffe, spelled S-C-H-R-A-F-F-E.
Definition
- 1ein Strich aus mehreren parallelen Strichen
- 2in manchen Druckschriften der Querstrich, der einen Buchstaben an seinem Ende/seinen Enden abschließt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schraffe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In diese wird das Bodenprofil durch schwarze Schraffen hineingebracht, je dichter die Bodenart, desto dichter die Schraffe. Die Schichtung der Bodenart wird durch verschiedene Schräge der Schraffen, die Mächtigkeit durch Zentimeterzahlen ausgedrückt.“
„Der Meißelschlag verursachte beim Einbringen der Schraffen seitlich leichte Abbröckelungen des Steins, die dann zu einer leichten Rundung ausgeglichen wurden.“
Synonyms
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.