Schreihals

[ˈʃʁaɪ̯ˌhals]

/[ˈʃʁaɪ̯ˌhals]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schreihals” is uncommon German (frequency #99,062 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,062
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, welche über längere Zeit unartikulierte, laute Geräusche von sich gibt

Corpus desk

Index DE-schreihals · Schreihals · German

Schreihals · rank #99,062 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,062
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schreibern

Nearest frequency peer: Schreibern (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Schreihals“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schreihals“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schreihals
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchreihals
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃʁaɪ̯ˌhals]
Letters10
Frequency rank#99,062
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schreihals“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Schreihalsfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schreibern“ (#99,061), „Schrittzähler“ (#99,063), „Schreiberlinge“ (#99,060). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schreihals“ bei #99,062. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schreihals is uncommon German at frequency #99,062 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃʁaɪ̯ˌhals]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, welche über längere Zeit unartikulierte, laute Geräusche von sich gibt".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Schreihals, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Schreihals, spelled S-C-H-R-E-I-H-A-L-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, welche über längere Zeit unartikulierte, laute Geräusche von sich gibt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Schreihals appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der kleine Max ist ein richtiger Schreihals.
  2. „Das ! lässt uns aufschreien – so sehr, dass man es als Schreihals, als Lärmstange, Macho oder Brüller bezeichnet hat.“

Synonyms

SchreierBrüllaffe

This word in other languages

yeller(English)braillard(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schreihals"?
"Schreihals" is spelled S-C-H-R-E-I-H-A-L-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃʁaɪ̯ˌhals].
What does "Schreihals" mean?
As a noun, "Schreihals" means: Person, welche über längere Zeit unartikulierte, laute Geräusche von sich gibt
How do you pronounce "Schreihals"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schreihals" is [ˈʃʁaɪ̯ˌhals]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schreihals" come from?
"Schreihals" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Schreihals", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schreibern#99,061Schuhladen#99,064schwärmten#99,072schlingern#99,049

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list