schräger Vogel
[ˌʃʁɛːɡɐ ˈfoːɡl̩]
The verdict
“schräger Vogel” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - merkwürdige, sich ungewöhnlich verhaltende Person
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schräger Vogel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˌʃʁɛːɡɐ ˈfoːɡl̩] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “schräger Vogel” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for schräger Vogel is 14 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌʃʁɛːɡɐ ˈfoːɡl̩]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "merkwürdige, sich ungewöhnlich verhaltende Person".
schräger Vogel has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is schräger Vogel, spelled S-C-H-R-Ä-G-E-R- -V-O-G-E-L.
Definition
- 1merkwürdige, sich ungewöhnlich verhaltende Person
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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.
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Using “schräger Vogel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-R-Ä-G-E-R- -V-O-G-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌʃʁɛːɡɐ ˈfoːɡl̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.