schräger Vogel
[ˌʃʁɛːɡɐ ˈfoːɡl̩]
The verdict
“schräger Vogel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - merkwürdige, sich ungewöhnlich verhaltende Person
Corpus desk
Index DE-schrager-vogel · schräger Vogel · German
schräger Vogel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | schräger Vogel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˌʃʁɛːɡɐ ˈfoːɡl̩] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schräger Vogel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schräger Vogel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˌʃʁɛːɡɐ ˈfoːɡl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schräger Vogel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Austin, Texas, mochte die selbst ernannte Heimat schräger Vögel sein, aber ich hatte keine Lust, die Bekanntschaft der TSA-Männer und -Frauen zu machen, die an diesem Flughafen arbeiteten.“
„Er ist ein mieser Scheißkerl und außerdem ein schräger Vogel.“
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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.